Ubuntu User Directories
I discovered that if you delete directories in your home directory like Templates and other system folders it will make an undesirable change to ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs changing the location of variables to $HOME/, which means if you want to add the directory back you have to edit the file.
This file defines the locations for Desktop, Music, Templates, etc so I went ahead and moved those files to Dropbox so I can maintain the files across multiple machines.
While I’m on the topic of these directories, I want to mention the awesomeness that is the Templates directory. If you add the file “Python Script.py” to that directory and put in the following text:
#!/usr/bin/python2.5 # # Copyright 2009 import sys # Enter text here
You can then right click in a directory, go to “Create Document” you will see “Python Script” listed and if you select it a .py file will be created with the previous text in it. This directory lets you create templates for anything you want and easily use it to create documents.
