Back when JMRI was first being written, 25 years ago, dot-prefix files and directories in the user home directory was the standard place to put application-specific preferences on Linux. That¡¯s still the case now, which is why you have ¡°crap that (you) must pick through¡±.
The .jmri directory isn¡¯t something that you¡¯re expected to directly reference. The files contained within that are meant to be read and written by JMRI itself, and it knows how to locate that directory. So making them a preferences directory make some sense.
Maybe there¡¯s something here we need to fix. Why do you commonly need to access that directory directly? Is there some browser within JMRI that¡¯s starting at your home directory, instead of some more useful location?
Bob
On Nov 7, 2024, at 10:21?AM, George Hofmann via groups.io <george.hofmann@...> wrote:
Thanks JTD. I will look into that, although I have kinda solved my issue by renaming .jmri to jmri when moving it to Dropbox. But as Dave pointed out, settings folder is still .jmri.
It's just that I don't get why the user files are located in a hidden folder by default. If I show hidden folders so that I can get at the .jmri folder from the GUI then it is lost in a sea of other normally hidden linuxy crap that I must pick through. Also when browsing for files within the app (JMRI) hidden folders don't show up, requiring a right click to see them. Just seems odd and an unnecessary hindrance.
George
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Bob Jacobsen