Ubuntu and System Domains

[Santiago Erquicia]

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 16:57 -0400, Brett Kirksey wrote:
> On Saturday 09 October 2004 at 15:30-0500, Greg Graham wrote:
> 
> > On Sat,  9 Oct 2004 14:49:28 -0400, Brett Kirksey wrote:
> > > Since OS X was the first unix I ever used on a regular
> > > basis, I've assumed one of its features is common to all
> > > *nix flavors, but I haven't seen any mention of it here. Is
> > > Ubuntu divided into "domains" the way OS X is?
> >
> > . . . If you want something for only one user, then it is
> > usually put in a bin directory in the user's home directory.
> > You would need to add the ~/bin directory to the PATH
> > environment variable for executables in it to be found. . . .
> 
> Thanks for the info. How does this apply to files other than
> apps. Fonts for example. How do I get the system to know to
> look in a user's home directory for something like
> "~/usr/share/fonts" (I know that's not what it would be called,
> but that's the principle I'm getting at.)

Your own fonts need to be under ~/.fonts

It's a hidden folder.  After you put your fonts there, all the programs
(almost) see them.

> 
> Brett
> 
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