Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!src.honeywell.com!msi.umn.edu!math.fu-berlin.de!opal!gmdtub!sol!wth From: wth@sol.fokus.gmd.de (Stephan Wasserroth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: dotfiles, .NeXT-directory and other NeXT-specific files Message-ID: <653@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> Date: 13 May 91 14:39:22 GMT Sender: news@bigfoot.first.gmd.de Reply-To: wth@sol.fokus.gmd.de (Stephan Wasserroth) Organization: GMD-Fokus (Berlin) Lines: 57 Hello, NeXT-hackers! I stumbled over a little problem: According to the README.wn files contained in ~/Apps of a new created account, the ApplicationPath is set to contain /LocalApps. I tried it - no success! I copied a Gif-viewer under /LocalApps and some .gif-files into my working directory. After logging out and in the workspace should recognize the extention .gif and open these files with the Gif-viewer, but it didn't work this way. Logging in as root cleared the problem, the .gif-files were recognized. So what was the difference? The root account is already setup, my own account has been created with UserManager. Neither dread nor the DefaultMgr1.1 gave a hint about any changes in the ApplicationPath - variable, BUT doing a little hacking in the (hidden) directory ~/.NeXT revealed, that the variable ApplicationPath is set in the file defaults.wmd (and does NOT contain /LocalApps). If You want to verify: cd /usr/template/user/.NeXT <--- this is the template directory strings defaults.wmd <--- these defaults are WRONG This boils down to some questions: 1. What files are read by dread (and DefaultMgr1.1)? Why aren't the different ApplicationPath(es) documented? Why didn't dread display this default? 2. What is contained in the .NeXT-directory and in the various dot-files? To begin a list of NeXT-specific files: .dir.tiff - Tiff-picture for a directory for the workspace-browser .opendir.tiff - Tiff-picture for an opened directory .places - ?? In the directory ~/.NeXT: .NeXTdefaults.D - ?? .NeXTdefaults.L - ?? .NeXTtrash - ?? (a directory for deleted files ??) .NextTrash - ?? (another directory for deleted files?? Why two ??) .dock - list of docked applications ?? Colors - (a directory) ?? services/Librarian - list of services from teh Librarian ?? targets/Targets1.0 - ?? (for the Librarian ??) targets/targetfile - ?? appcache.wmd - ?? defaults.wmd - ?? In the .index directories from the Librarian: icon.tiff - Tiff-picture for the target-tiff in the Librarian index.ixif - index of words Please feel free to add another bunch of (undocumented, not even in man (5)) NeXT-specific files. -- Stephan Wasserroth, NeXT-NeRD X.400: S=wasserroth;OU=fokus;OU=berlin;P=gmd;A=dbp;C=de RFC 822: or: Systems- and Network-Manager at GMD-Fokus, Berlin FAX: +49 30 25499 202