On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:53:29PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > "Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * bash reads and writes a number of files in ~/ (.bash_profile, > > .bashrc, .bash_history) > > * there are several directories related to GNOME (at least ~/.gnome2 > > and ~/.gnome2_private) > > * vim has ~/.vimrc, ~/.viminfo (configure IIRC), ~/.vim/ > > They should probably use their own directory in the future. I think this > would really be a good idea.
It would have been a good idea when these programs were being written. It doesn't seem at all worthwhile to endure a transition of existing software for the marginal aesthetic benefits. -- - mdz
