On Tuesday 10 October 2006 20:55, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 October 2006 20:13, JoaoBR wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 October 2006 20:45, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote:
> > > The location /home/$USERNAME is so ingrained in 'nix users,
> >
> > when then it would be /home/$USER but certainly very very unusual, I
> > believe a *nix user does not even use $HOME either but ~ to go there
>
> This is true in a shell, however are you compelled to type ~ in Konq's
> location bar as well?
>
> (wow.. that actually works.  I'll probably be typing ~ to get to my home
> directory from now on ;P)
>
I agree that is cool!!

> Regardless, since we are spending time on this.. I am interested to know:
>
> * who uses home:/ (as opposed to other methods)
> * why (as opposed to other methods)
> * for what purpose (to go directly to that directory?  to reset a
> navigation path? etc)
>
I have been using the home button - which was a shift for me as i thought that 
it would take me to my homepage at first. However, it does beat 
typing /home/nathan into the address bar. 
> The kio path was added for a reason.  Was it a wishlist request or did it
> just get added without really thinking about it?
>
I was also unaware of this kio
> ~ C
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