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Article #684Re: Files in my home directory, and other ruminations
From: Charles Herrick
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:36
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:36
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In article <SCOTT.92Apr13171021@nic.gac.edu> scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: $ In article <1992Apr13.170727.21749@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> jim@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov (L J "Jim" Kiraly) writes: $ >developers to agree to put $ >their stuff into a .Apps directory - one hidden file in your account $ >with appropriate subdirectories for the requirements of each app. $ how about a default owned by $ System or GLOBAL called HiddenFiles, which could default to ~/.Apps, $ yet could be changed for other programs individually. I'd prefer ~/Library/.Apps, and the Defaults Database Global get's my vote as well. That way the location and name can get reset to fit the specific needs and tastes of the user. Once the user sets this default, all programs should read it and honor it.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun!maraba.tamu.edu From: cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Files in my home directory, and other ruminations Message-ID: <12385@tamsun.tamu.edu> Date: 14 Apr 92 16:36:46 GMT References: <SCOTT.92Apr13171021@nic.gac.edu> Sender: usenet@tamsun.tamu.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.next.programmer Lines: 19