On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 00:26 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 21:29 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
>
>> When I open a document from Evince (File-Open) I always get a window that says
>> this:
>>
>> "The folder contents could not be displayed Error stating file
>> '/home/frankcox/Documents': No such file or directory
>>
>> I don't have a directory called Documents.
>>
>> Is the default directory name hard-coded into Evince? I can't find any way
to
>> change it to a directory that I actually do have so I won't see this error
>> message every time.
>>
>> I could put a symbolic link named Documents in my home directory but I
don't
>> really want to...
>>
>>
> What you say is strange. Documents is one of the directories created by
> the system in every home directory. I just tried this. evince will find
> any appropriate files in the Documents sub-directory in your home
> directory and then give you the choice to go to other directories to
> look for file to view.
>
Actually probably not so strange if your home directories were created
in previous version that didn't create a Documents directory upon user
creation and you've been doing upgrades instead of fresh installs. Or,
you've been doing fresh installs but keep a separate /home partition
that you don't touch during installs.
> So I guess evince has going to the Documents directory first built in.
> create a Documents directory in your home directory and all will be
> well.
>
I, for one, am resistant to change along with not liking the "Windows
concept" of manipulating me to putting my "documents" in a Documents
directory and my "downloads" into a Download directory. I like every
application to start in my $HOME directory. So, doing what you suggest
doesn't make things "well" for me.
Well different opinions make things interesting. I like that Documents
go into Documents and Pictures into Pictures , etc.
Different opinions make things interesting. Of course , it is obvious I
did not know about XDG, so I learned something.
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