• 6xpipe_@lemmy.world
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    XDG gang, rise up!

    Also, I know that this community and dot-files in general are Unix based, but this holds true for Windows development as well. You should be putting app files in the users’ %APPDATA% directory, not their user folder. It’s probably even more important since Windows doesn’t autohide dot files.

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      The My Documents / Documents folder on Windows is a dumping ground for game saves and random applications. I no longer use it for saving my documents anymore…

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        Yep, my ~/Projects folder is where I keep anything I need to actually find. All the normal places are full of random cruft.

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        I don’t touch it either for two reasons that go together.

        1. It’s a pig sty before I even get there.
        2. Nothing in there will ever be included in backups for that reason.

        My cloud drive has SO much random flstudio crap in it. That’s the worst program in the world when it comes to that. If you install their program they think they own your hard drive.

        Also while I’m bitching about windows folders, why did they make it so weird to get to your home folder? It feels like we aren’t supposed to know it exists anymore.

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            It’s not terrible once you learn the muscle memory.

            I’m sure there’s some obscure key bind to go directly there, but I just do Cmd+Shift+G in Finder to get to the browse to path dialog, type ~, and hit return.

            Still a stupid extra amount of work, but at least it’s not having to use my mouse, typing %USERPROFILE%, or having to type the absolute path. That would piss me off even more.

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              I’m sure there’s some obscure key bind to go directly there

              It’s just Cmd+Shift+H (for Home). The shortcuts for many of the most common locations are extremely intuitive.

              • Cmd+Shift+A (Applications)
              • Cmd+Shift+D (Desktop)
              • Cmd+Shift+L (~/Library)
              • Cmd+Shift+C (Computer)
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            Finder > Go > Home

            Been that way for decades. Or you can add it to the sidebar by dragging and dropping, or just edit Finder prefs:

            Finder > Preferences > Sidebar

            Microsoft only started showing the Home folder by default in 11 I believe so it’s a pretty common pattern to not reveal the home folder (for some asinine reason).

            First thing I do on any OS is build my own folder structure under my home.

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        To be honest, pretty much all my files that actually matter are under my Dropbox folder. Everything else is ephemeral. I mostly depend on Steam or the likes to backup game saves. Not much else I care about. I’ve upgraded my PC a few times (with no full backups) and never missed a single thing that got lost in the upgrade.

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        Windows has added a dedicated “Saved Games” folder a few years ago.

        Properly developed new games use it. Improperly developed and old ones don’t.

        It’s just a relic from using an operating system that wasn’t developed with gaming in mind.

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      Unfortunately not even Microsoft does that… On windows having a logical order is a lost battle