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pthfdr
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by pthfdr » 2018-10-10, 15:27
As the title said. There is clearly a dedicated folder for configuration, yet lots of programs ignore it. PaleMoon included.
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pthfdr@AVENTHEIM:/u/h/pthfdr>ls -Falis
total 40772
20512 32 drwx------ 5 pthfdr users 20480 10-10 23:02 ./
20480 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16 2018-01-14 ../
458759 0 drwx------ 5 pthfdr users 32 09-10 08:52 .local/
397771 0 drwx------ 3 pthfdr users 8 10-10 23:00 '.moonchild productions'/ ---\
395636 0 drwx------ 3 pthfdr users 8 10-10 23:00 .mozilla/ ---|
20528 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 16 09-29 20:25 .android -> .local/var/cache/ |
20594 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 16 09-29 20:27 .cache -> .local/var/cache/ |
20600 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 10 09-29 20:27 .config -> .local/etc/ <-----/
20514 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 16 09-29 20:27 .dbus -> .local/var/cache/
20522 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 17 09-29 20:28 .dosbox -> .local/etc/dosbox/
20527 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 16 09-29 20:28 .gnupg -> .local/etc/gnupg/
20598 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 10 05-06 13:08 .gtkrc-2.0 -> /etc/gtkrc
20523 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 15 09-29 20:29 .megaCmd -> .local/etc/MEGA/
20601 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 11 06-02 13:14 .mkshrc -> /etc/mkshrc
131078 40212 -rw------- 1 pthfdr users 41168664 10-10 23:00 palemoon_28.1.0_repack-1_amd64.deb
20533 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 16 09-29 20:29 .pki -> .local/var/cache/
20531 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 16 09-29 20:29 .ssh -> .local/var/cache/
20534 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 16 09-29 20:29 .steam -> .local/etc/steam/
20519 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 33 09-29 20:36 .steampid -> /usr/home/pthfdr/.steam/steam.pid
86076 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 pthfdr users 17 10-10 12:39 .tixati -> .local/etc/tixati/
81926 4 -rw------- 1 pthfdr users 103 10-10 07:37 .Xauthority
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by Moonchild » 2018-10-10, 16:11
pthfdr wrote:There is clearly a dedicated folder for configuration
According to
one group of people. Lots of programs ignore it because many Linux distributions don't agree, and using dot directories in the user's home directory is also standard practice. If you don't want to see it, keep dot directories hidden.
We've discussed this before, see
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6814
Keep in mind that a profile for the browser is a lot more than configuration; it would even be illogical to put it under ~/.config or whatever $XDG_CONFIG_HOME points to, in that respect.
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Moonchild on 2018-10-10, 16:30, edited 1 time in total.
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by pthfdr » 2018-10-11, 01:55
Well, Mozilla has already have a patch for it:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259356
Also it seems that you recreate the Desktop and
.mozilla folder on every launch, which is completely unnecessary.
Last edited by pthfdr on 2018-10-11, 02:25, edited 2 times in total.
