[Bf-taskforce25] Proposal: .B.blend -> startup.blend

[Ken Hughes]

+1.  I hate all the dot files I have already in my home dir and would 
like to see some hierarchy followed.

Ken

Xavier Thomas wrote:
> Would be great, but I think the freedesktop standard recommend:
> /home/user/.config/blender/files-here
>
> 2009/5/6 Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ideasman42 at gmail.com>>
>
>     +1
>     on linux .B.blend is in the home dir. Id prefer it be in the .blender/
>     dir so as not to dump more crap in my home dir then needed.
>
>     from...
>     /home/me/.B.blend
>     to...
>     /home/me/.blender/startup.blend
>
>     same goes for /home/me/.Blog
>
>     On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Kernon Dillon <kernond at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kernond at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > +10
>     > I think the more we move away from cryptic names the better.
>     >
>     > 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).
>     >
>     > Thanks for considering it,
>     > Kernon
>     >
>     > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Matt Ebb <matt at mke3.net
>     <mailto:matt at mke3.net>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Hi,
>     >>
>     >> I noticed the new .b25.blend addition, which got me thinking a bit.
>     >>
>     >> At winter camp, we agreed that we should move to better folder
>     >> locations for resource files, especially on OSX. For example,
>     moving
>     >> the contents of the .blender folder that's hidden inside the
>     >> application bundle to /Users/UserName/Application Data/blender/
>     where
>     >> it's easily accessible, and as the platform standards dictate.
>     >>
>     >> We should apply the same logic to the .B.blend file. For such an
>     >> important file, it's terribly inaccessible and difficult to
>     edit. It's
>     >> necessary to be able to access this file for various reasons
>     >> including:
>     >> * For testing/debugging, being able to rename your existing
>     config and
>     >> test by making a clean file, and renaming back after testing
>     >> * As an artist, packing up your config to take to a new workstation
>     >> * Switching between configs for different users on the same
>     workstation
>     >>
>     >> This is currently very difficult:
>     >> * On Mac OS X, files beginning with . are hidden by the finder, so
>     >> even if they were to by chance look in the non-standard
>     location where
>     >> it's kept, most users wouldn't even know it exists.
>     >> * On Windows, dot files are visible in Explorer, but difficult to
>     >> manage. It's impossible to rename a file to .something.ext, it
>     >> requires characters before the first dot.
>     >> * Even on many linux systems, dot files are hidden by default
>     in the
>     >> file browser.
>     >>
>     >> A good first step would be to just rename the .B.blend file to
>     >> startup.blend.
>     >>
>     >> Not only would it be vastly easier to work with and manipulate
>     on the
>     >> various systems that Blender supports, but it also gives users
>     a much
>     >> better indication about the file's purpose. Then, when (as we also
>     >> talked about at winter camp [1]) we separate this file out to one
>     >> containing startup UI settings, and one containing preferences,
>     we can
>     >> give them logical names like startup.blend and preferences.blend
>     >>
>     >> So.. comments? :)
>     >>
>     >> cheers,
>     >>
>     >> Matt
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> [1]
>     >>
>     http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/Blender2.5/WinterCamp/EditorReviews
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