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. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
