user dirs in f16
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu May 12 14:28:44 UTC 2011
Matthias Clasen wrote:
> Since gnome3 does no longer show the desktop folder contents on the
> desktop, having 'Desktop' show up in the file chooser is confusing, at
> best. Thankfully, GTK+ already hides it if it is the same as HOME. So,
> for F16 I plan to change the default xdg-user-dirs configuration to set
> Desktop=HOME.
As this affects everyone, not just gnome users, I'd suggest moving this
topic to -devel or somewhere for a wider discussion if possible.
Offhand, I can certainly understand the incentive to simplify matters and
have one-less folder, but it also makes me a bit nervous that other software
and DE's may make assumptions about ~/Desktop being present and used as well
as breaking some user expectations about ~/Desktop existence and use. Both
of these are fixable, of course.
-- Rex
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