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From: Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
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Subject: Re: How to set start directory to /home/user rather than /home/user/Desktop?
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:55:13 +0100
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mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 25/10/2024 19:58, Chris Green 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.
> > 
> > 
> What happens if you append "cd ~." to .bashrc ?
> 
That might work but it shouldn't be necessary and, anyway, I want
"start terminal here" to do what it says.

However see my reply, this was the wrong list and I've realised my
original mistake.  :-)

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Chris Green
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