On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 08:36, Eloy A. Paris wrote: > Rich Rudnick <rich@pinute.com> writes: > > > > [...] > > > > > > > I see a lot of problems with the "use your home directory as your > > > > desktop" approach, like "I want to see dot files, even in the desktop > > > > folder". If we use our home directory as our desktop then we're > > > > screwed because there are just to many dot files there. > > > > > > > I'm confused a bit here: I've used nautilus with the "use your home > > directory as your desktop" approach for at least six months now, and > > have never seen any dot files or directories on my desktop. > > You can configure Nautilus so it shows dot files, but that setting is > turned off by default. My point was that if I want to configure Nautilus > so it shows dot files and also configure it so my home directory is the > desktop then it will be a mess because most applications put dot files > in the user's home directory, and this I think will be very hard to > change. I still don't see the problem; nautilus does not show the dot files on the desktop whether or not I'm hiding or showing dot files in a window. I keep this script in .gnome2/nautilus-scripts and use it to switch my viewing of dot files. http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/nautilus-scripts/System%20Configuration/Hide%20or%20Show%20Hidden%20Files -- First Impressions are Bunk.
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