Would be great, but I think the freedesktop standard recommend:<br>/home/user/.config/blender/files-here<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/6 Campbell Barton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ideasman42@gmail.com">ideasman42@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">+1<br>
on linux .B.blend is in the home dir. Id prefer it be in the .blender/<br>
dir so as not to dump more crap in my home dir then needed.<br>
<br>
from...<br>
/home/me/.B.blend<br>
to...<br>
/home/me/.blender/startup.blend<br>
<br>
same goes for /home/me/.Blog<br>
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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Kernon Dillon <<a href="mailto:kernond@gmail.com">kernond@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> +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<br>
> window was given a descriptive title (e.g. Blender Console). This would make<br>
> it easier to switch between applications because, currently, it's too<br>
> similar to the main Blender window (similar title, same icon).<br>
><br>
> Thanks for considering it,<br>
> Kernon<br>
><br>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Matt Ebb <<a href="mailto:matt@mke3.net">matt@mke3.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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]<br>
>> <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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