+10<br>I think the more we move away from cryptic names the better.<br><br>Also, if the console window will still exist in 2.5 it would be great if the window was given a descriptive title (e.g. Blender Console). This would make it easier to switch between applications because, currently, it's too similar to the main Blender window (similar title, same icon).<br>
<br>Thanks for considering it,<br>Kernon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Matt Ebb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@mke3.net">matt@mke3.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I noticed the new .b25.blend addition, which got me thinking a bit.<br>
<br>
At winter camp, we agreed that we should move to better folder<br>
locations for resource files, especially on OSX. For example, moving<br>
the contents of the .blender folder that's hidden inside the<br>
application bundle to /Users/UserName/Application Data/blender/ where<br>
it's easily accessible, and as the platform standards dictate.<br>
<br>
We should apply the same logic to the .B.blend file. For such an<br>
important file, it's terribly inaccessible and difficult to edit. It's<br>
necessary to be able to access this file for various reasons<br>
including:<br>
* For testing/debugging, being able to rename your existing config and<br>
test by making a clean file, and renaming back after testing<br>
* As an artist, packing up your config to take to a new workstation<br>
* Switching between configs for different users on the same workstation<br>
<br>
This is currently very difficult:<br>
* On Mac OS X, files beginning with . are hidden by the finder, so<br>
even if they were to by chance look in the non-standard location where<br>
it's kept, most users wouldn't even know it exists.<br>
* On Windows, dot files are visible in Explorer, but difficult to<br>
manage. It's impossible to rename a file to .something.ext, it<br>
requires characters before the first dot.<br>
* Even on many linux systems, dot files are hidden by default in the<br>
file browser.<br>
<br>
A good first step would be to just rename the .B.blend file to startup.blend.<br>
<br>
Not only would it be vastly easier to work with and manipulate on the<br>
various systems that Blender supports, but it also gives users a much<br>
better indication about the file's purpose. Then, when (as we also<br>
talked about at winter camp [1]) we separate this file out to one<br>
containing startup UI settings, and one containing preferences, we can<br>
give them logical names like startup.blend and preferences.blend<br>
<br>
So.. comments? :)<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
<br>
Matt<br>
<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/Blender2.5/WinterCamp/EditorReviews" target="_blank">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/Blender2.5/WinterCamp/EditorReviews</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kernon Dillon<br>BlenderNewbies.com<br>a learning resource for Blender3D<br>