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. -- ======================================================================= Somewhere in suburban Honolulu, an unemployed bellhop is whipping up a batch of illegal psilocybin chop suey!! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
