• tibi@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    And I also don’t want programs to throw all their crap in the documents folder. AppData is made for that.

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        10 days ago

        And now show hidden files and you see the plethora of applications that dump everything in your homedir instead of .config

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          12 days ago

          Its even worse when they dont make it a hidden folder (looking at you android studio)

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            12 days ago

            That annoys the fuck out of me. I want the folders I put in /home, not your shit. Put it in /.local or something and fuck off.

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              11 days ago

              I believe the folder you are attempting to refer to is for all users so you probably do want to have the config in ~/.config unless you want everyone to have the same. Also /home is the directory that includes all users respective ~/ directories so use ~/ when referring to your own home directory.

              Edit I can’t figure out the formatting. My client is showing <sub> where ~ should be.

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            12 days ago

            yup…

            .hidden file became my best friend - and a little context menu script for dolphin to easily add a file / folder to that .hidden is a thing i use way too often tbh

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          11 days ago

          No matter the environment, it is important to dump shit wherever so the user does not get complacent.

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      12 days ago

      SO MUCH. Now my standard procedure is to just make a “_My_Documents” folder within Documents, so I can know where the files are that I put there myself.

      (Leading underscore pops it to the top of the list alphabetically)

      I remember some Windows versions had a Games folder for all that, saved games, etc…but it seems very few games actually decided to use it lol.