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  2.   <appendix id="appendixa-0">
  3.     <title>Hidden Directories</title>
  4.     <highlights>
  5.       <para>This appendix describes the hidden directories that the
  6. GNOME Desktop adds to the home directories of users. </para>
  7.     </highlights>
  8.     <indexterm>
  9.       <primary>hidden directories</primary>
  10.     </indexterm>
  11.     <indexterm>
  12.       <primary>.* directories</primary>
  13.       <see>hidden directories</see>
  14.     </indexterm>
  15.     <para>A hidden
  16. directory is a directory that has a name that begins with a period (.). <xref linkend="appendixa-TBL-2"/> describes the hidden directories that the GNOME
  17. Desktop adds to the home directories of users. </para>
  18.     <table frame="topbot" id="appendixa-TBL-2">
  19.       <title>Hidden Directories in User Home Directories</title>
  20.       <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
  21.         <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="33*"/>
  22.         <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="67*"/>
  23.         <thead>
  24.           <row rowsep="1">
  25.             <entry>
  26.               <para>Directory</para>
  27.             </entry>
  28.             <entry>
  29.               <para>Description</para>
  30.             </entry>
  31.           </row>
  32.         </thead>
  33.         <tbody>
  34.           <row>
  35.             <entry valign="top">
  36.               <para>
  37.                 <filename>.config</filename>
  38.               </para>
  39.             </entry>
  40.             <entry valign="top">
  41.               <para>This is the default location for the environment variable <envar>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</envar>, 
  42. if it is not set.  User defined menus can be created at <filename>menus/applications.menu</filename>.</para>
  43.             </entry>
  44.           </row>
  45.           <row>
  46.             <entry valign="top">
  47.               <para>
  48.                 <filename>.fonts</filename>
  49.               </para>
  50.             </entry>
  51.             <entry valign="top">
  52.               <para>Contains fonts specific to a particular user.  When a user installs a font by dragging it
  53. to the <filename>fonts:///</filename> URI in nautilus, it is copied to this location.</para>
  54.             </entry>
  55.           </row>
  56.           <row>
  57.             <entry valign="top">
  58.               <para>
  59.                 <filename>.esd_auth</filename>
  60.               </para>
  61.             </entry>
  62.             <entry valign="top">
  63.               <para>Contains the authentication cookie for the GNOME
  64. sound daemon. The GNOME sound daemon is the Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD).</para>
  65. <para><emphasis>NOTE: This is a file, not a directory.</emphasis></para>
  66.             </entry>
  67.           </row>
  68.           <row>
  69.             <entry valign="top">
  70.               <para>
  71.                 <filename>.gconf</filename>
  72.               </para>
  73.             </entry>
  74.             <entry valign="top">
  75.               <para>Contains the <application>GConf</application> configuration
  76. source for the user. When the user sets a preference, the new preference information
  77. is added to this location.</para>
  78.             </entry>
  79.           </row>
  80.           <row>
  81.             <entry valign="top">
  82.               <para>
  83.                 <filename>.gconfd</filename>
  84.               </para>
  85.             </entry>
  86.             <entry valign="top">
  87.               <para>Contains the following <application>GConf</application>
  88. daemon details:</para>
  89.               <itemizedlist>
  90.                 <listitem>
  91.                   <para>Configuration information.</para>
  92.                 </listitem>
  93.                 <listitem>
  94.                   <para>Lock information for objects that are referenced by an  <firstterm>Interoperable Object Reference (IOR)</firstterm>.</para>
  95.                 </listitem>
  96.                 <listitem>
  97.                   <para>State information for objects that are referenced by an  IOR.</para>
  98.                 </listitem>
  99.               </itemizedlist>
  100.             </entry>
  101.           </row>
  102.           <row>
  103.             <entry valign="top">
  104.               <para>
  105.                 <filename>.gnome</filename>
  106.               </para>
  107.             </entry>
  108.             <entry valign="top">
  109.               <para>Contains user-specific application data that is
  110. not stored in the <application>GConf</application> repository. </para>
  111. <para><emphasis>NOTE: this directory is deprecated and is only used by 
  112. GNOME 1.x applications.</emphasis></para>
  113.             </entry>
  114.           </row>
  115.           <row>
  116.             <entry valign="top">
  117.               <para>
  118.                 <filename>.gnome2</filename>
  119.               </para>
  120.             </entry>
  121.             <entry valign="top">
  122.               <para>Contains user-specific application data that is
  123. not stored in the <application>GConf</application> repository. For example,
  124. this directory contains the following:</para>
  125.               <itemizedlist>
  126.                 <listitem>
  127.                   <para>Keyboard shortcut information.</para>
  128.                 </listitem>
  129.                 <listitem>
  130.                   <para>Window location information.</para>
  131.                 </listitem>
  132.                 <listitem>
  133.                   <para>Desktop entry files for panel launchers.</para>
  134.                 </listitem>
  135.               </itemizedlist>
  136.               <para>This directory may also contain sub-directories that store
  137. application specific data.</para>
  138.             </entry>
  139.           </row>
  140.           <row>
  141.             <entry valign="top">
  142.               <para>
  143.                 <filename>.gnome2-private</filename>
  144.               </para>
  145.             </entry>
  146.             <entry valign="top">
  147.               <para>Ignore this directory. This directory has no function
  148. at the time of publication of this guide.</para>
  149.             </entry>
  150.           </row>
  151.           <row>
  152.             <entry valign="top">
  153.               <para>
  154.                 <filename>.local/share</filename>
  155.               </para>
  156.             </entry>
  157.             <entry valign="top">
  158.               <para>This is the default location for the environment variable <envar>XDG_DATA_HOME</envar>, 
  159. if it is not set.  User defined desktop entries can be created in the subdirectory <filename>applications</filename>. 
  160. User defined mime types can be created in <filename>mime/packages/Overrides.xml</filename>.</para>
  161.             </entry>
  162.           </row>
  163.           <row>
  164.             <entry valign="top">
  165.               <para>
  166.                 <filename>.metacity</filename>
  167.               </para>
  168.             </entry>
  169.             <entry valign="top">
  170.               <para>Contains session data for the <application>Metacity</application> window manager.</para>
  171.             </entry>
  172.           </row>
  173.           <row>
  174.             <entry valign="top">
  175.               <para>
  176.                 <filename>.nautilus</filename>
  177.               </para>
  178.             </entry>
  179.             <entry valign="top">
  180.               <para>Contains file manager data that is specific to the
  181. user. For example, this directory can contain the following: </para>
  182.               <itemizedlist>
  183.                 <listitem>
  184.                   <para>Metadata for the directories with which the user works.</para>
  185.                 </listitem>
  186. <!--Removed Nautilus themes.-->
  187.                 <listitem>
  188.                   <para><application>Nautilus</application> emblems that the user
  189. adds.</para>
  190.                 </listitem>
  191.                 <listitem>
  192.                   <para><application>Nautilus</application> desktop images.</para>
  193.                 </listitem>
  194.               </itemizedlist>
  195.             </entry>
  196.           </row>
  197.           <row>
  198.             <entry valign="top">
  199.               <para>
  200.                 <filename>.themes</filename>
  201.               </para>
  202.             </entry>
  203.             <entry valign="top">
  204.               <para>Contains controls theme options, window frame theme
  205. options, and icons theme options that the user adds. The user can add themes
  206. from the <application>Theme</application> preference tool.</para>
  207.             </entry>
  208.           </row>
  209.           <row>
  210.             <entry valign="top">
  211.               <para>
  212.                 <filename>.thumbnails</filename>
  213.               </para>
  214.             </entry>
  215.             <entry valign="top">
  216.               <para>Contains image thumbnails for the user. The image
  217. thumbnails are used in the file manager. The file manager contains a preference
  218. that the user can select to stop generation of thumbnail images.</para>
  219.             </entry>
  220.           </row>
  221.         </tbody>
  222.       </tgroup>
  223.     </table>
  224.   </appendix>
  225.