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Subject: Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!
From: Stéphane CARPENTIER
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Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 16:16 UTC
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From: sc@fiat-linux.fr (Stéphane CARPENTIER)
Subject: Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!
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Le 07-07-2024, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> a écrit :
> Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote at 08:06 this Sunday (GMT):
>> Le 06-07-2024, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> a écrit :
>>>
>>> I always thought they hid it so that people don't ""break their files""
>>> by messing with it, since they can't read magic numbers for some reason.
>>
>> It's stupid because when it's hidden, it's more difficult to manage. For
>> example "toto.tar.gz" will be displayed "toto.tar". There are lot of
>> other examples with files with a wrong extension or with files with
>> unknown extensions which become very difficult to change to help the
>> system.
>
>
> I'm not saying it's a good reason, just that it is a possible reason.

I know.

> Also, I don't think most users have to deal with a .tar.gz file.

It's just an example. And if they don't often need it, the day they
will, they will be very confused.

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Subject: config tricks (was: Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!)
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On 07 Jul 2024 16:11:51 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote
in <668abe47$0$8253$426a74cc@news.free.fr>:

> Le 07-07-2024, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> a écrit :
>>
>> Honestly, I do wish there was some kind of standard to put config files,
>> since half the applications I use dump it into $HOME, which is annoying.
>
> The "$HOME/.config" directory is a good idea for users config files.

~/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc is where my terminal config lives.

Add this to have tabs at the bottom:

MiscTabPosition=GTK_POS_BOTTOM

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Subject	Author
Hey Distro Lackeys!	Diego Garcia
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Joel
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Lester Thorpe
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	%
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Joel
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	%
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Lester Thorpe
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	%
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	vallor
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	candycanearter07
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	candycanearter07
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Farley Flud
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	candycanearter07
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	candycanearter07
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Farley Flud
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
config tricks (was: Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!)	vallor
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	Stéphane CARPENTIER
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	DFS
Re: Hey Distro Lackeys!	candycanearter07