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In article <1992Apr10.052308.16112@Csli.Stanford.EDU> jwishnie@roadkill.Stanford.EDU (Jeff Wishnie) writes:
>In article <3533@rosie.NeXT.COM> sam_s@NeXT.com (Sam Streeper) writes:
>> Boy do I have a lot of unwanted crud in my home directory.  
>> I think a better solution
>> is to put app related files in
>> 
>> ~/Library/Appname/crud_files
>
>Even better, why not keep them in the .app directory? That way they travel  
>with the Application and never have to be seen at all. But, you ask, what  
>about multiple users defaults, scores, and so on...
>
>I'd much rather have:
>	CoolApp.app/.jwishnie
>	CoolApp.app/.bfink
>	CoolApp.app/.escissorhands 

	Yeah, but that requires a user to have write access to the
contents of the file package, which isn't really practical.  I like
Sam's idea.
	Another solution to consider is something that Right Brain
used to do (I use the past tense because I'm not sure if their latest
mini-apps use this method -- maybe they do).  They put all the stuff
in a .RightBrain folder in your home directory, kind of like the .NeXT
directory.  This might be even better than the Library/Appname idea
because it fits with the idea that no user should need to know
"technical" details.  Only the Unix Experts see the dot directories
anyway.  Why would a non-Expert want to see a bunch of garbage like
Tetris scores that you can't even read cluttering up your Library?


Robert
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