Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:07:54 +0100, Tony Houghton wrote: > > >> > I wish the Linux Standard Base folks would specify that settings files >> > should all go into a subdirectory like ~/settings rather than filling up >> > the home directory with cruft. That was acceptable in the days when >> > people >> > only looked at their files with ls, but in these days of GUI file >> > managers, it is ridiculous that there are more than 100 dot files and >> > directories in my home directory. >> >>Don't all file managers have an option to hide files beginning with '.'? > > > I don't want to hide them. I just don't want them in my face when I open > my home directory.
+1 This has been a gripe of mine on windows as well, and hiding files (or extensions) is definitely not the answer. Personally I think hidden files do more harm than good. It's not a substitute for good file management, and it not an acceptable alternative to good security either. Cheers, Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list