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frankus on Feb 9, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hardcoded Folder Icons in macOS

Counterpoint is that it requires the shift key, is relatively long (compared to, say, src) and shares the “De” prefix with Desktop.

That said, it’s what I use.

messe on Feb 9, 2023 [–]

> Counterpoint is that it requires the shift key

Nope. MacOS's filesystem is by default case-insensitive but case-preserving:

    cd ~/developer

and

    cd ~/Developer

should both work if you have a subdirectory called "Developer" in your homedir.

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