Subj : Re: How to set start directory to /home/user rather than /home/user/Des
To   : Chris Green
From : Chris Green
Date : Fri Oct 25 2024 20:13:39

Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> I am a died in the wool commadn line user.  I have just installed
> Debian Bookworm on my laptop in place of xubuntu.  The installation
> went pretty smoothly and now I'm configuring things the way I want
> them.
>
> I **hate** icons on the desktop and I just want to be in $HOME when I
> log in.  So I have configured ~/.config/user-dirs.drs so none of the
> things like ~/Music and ~/Pictures are created, so far so good. I have
> also set things so that my 'desktop' directory isn't ~/Desktop, it's
> ~/.desktop which is invisible.  I have absolutely no need or use for a
> desktop directory.
>
> However, when I start a terminal it starts in ~/.desktop, I want it to
> start in ~.  Does anyone know where that gets set?  I certainly had
> XFCE configured in xubuntu so that terminals started in ~ so I think
> it must be possible in Debian.
>
Oops, sorry, this was supposed to go to the Debian list. ... and
anyway I have discovered the answer.  If I click on the bacground I
get a terminal in $HOME/.desktop (as it should be) but if I just start
a terminal from the menu it's in $HOME as I would expect.

Sorry for the noise!

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Chris Green
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