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Re: how to hide hidden files on desktop with nautilus 2.7?



On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 14:52 -0400, digger vermont wrote:
> Thanks for the hint.  The .hidden file looks useful for the odd file or
> folder you'd like to hide but a bit unwieldy for the home directory with
> hundreds of config files and directories, since it doesn't seem to allow
> regrex.  It also operates on the both  desktop_is_home_dir and home
> directory itself, rather than individually.

Why not simply turn off display of hidden files?

Desktop Prefs -> File Management -> Show hidden and backup files

(I thought at one point the desktop never displayed hidden files, but I
may be wrong.)

Ross
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