Re: GNUstep directory layout

[Jim Balhoff]

I like the movement of ~/GNUstep/Defaults to 
~/GNUStep/Library/Defaults, but as long as we're talking about where 
things should go, I'd like to suggest that ".GNUstepDefaults" changes 
to simply "GNUstepDefaults" (no leading dot).  The Library structure 
helps to nicely avoid needing all those hidden files, since they're 
neatly organized in the Library instead of dumped in ~.  If I'm in 
Terminal and ls the Defaults directory, of course I want to see the 
defaults file - I shouldn't need a -a.

And if this suggestion goes anywhere, I'd like to go further and again 
suggest that each Defaults domain get its own file in the Defaults 
directory.  This is very useful from a user's perspective.  If one 
wants to inspect the defaults file for a certain application, you can 
just find it and open it up - no searching through a huge file, and 
easy to double-click in the workspace.  If you get an app all 
configured on one computer and then move to a new one, you can just 
copy that one file into place (presuming you don't want to mess with 
all your other preferences) - I do this pretty often on MacOS X.  And 
if you're really anal, if you remove an application from your system, 
it's very easy to delete its defaults file to save a few kilobytes. :-)

- Jim