On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:39:10AM -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
> 
> On Linux, per-user settings should now avoid dot files in favor of files
> in .config.  That's the new standard, though the format of the files
> still varies.  That reminds me that I want to try out libetc
> (http://ordiluc.net/fs/libetc/) to see if I can clean up the clutter of
> dotfiles in my home directory.

Wow.  Libetc looks really, really evil.  I think I'd rather stick with
my 142 dotfiles than use a library that intercepts file operations.
There's just no way that this could ever work without drastic side
effects, and the value to me would be minimal.  Running `ls -a` is a bit
ugly, but it never hurt anyone.

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