remove useless user dirs

desktop-env.sh

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 ###########################
 ##  DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT  ##
 ###########################
-# Designed & tested on Cinnamon XX.x
+# Designed & tested on Cinnamon 6.4.8
 echo "## desktop environment" | tee todo.md -a
 
-echo "desktop-env.sh not populated"
-
 # remap caps-lock to escape (more efficient neovim)
 gsettings set org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options "['grp\tgrp:win_space_toggle', 'terminate\tterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp', 'caps\tcaps:escape']"
 
@@ -13,7 +11,9 @@ gsettings set org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options "['grp\tgrp:win_space_toggl
 gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll "false"
 
 # enable slick touchpad gestures
-echo "* enable touchpad gestures" | tee todo.md -a
+gsettings set org.cinnamon.gestures enabled "true"
+gsettings set org.cinnamon.gestures swipe-left-3 "WORKSPACE_NEXT::start" # these by default are x::end
+gsettings set org.cinnamon.gestures swipe-right-3 "WORKSPACE_PREVIOUS::start" # now, the workspace starts to move at the start of the gesture
 
 # replace holding <Alt> to move windows with <Super>
 gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.wm.preferences mouse-button-modifier "'<Super>'"
@@ -31,5 +31,3 @@ chmod 755 $HOME/.config/autostart/artha.desktop
 FP="$HOME/.config/cinnamon/spices/calendar@cinnamon.org/13.json" # why is this 13? doesn't seem very robust
 cat $FP | jq '.["show-events"].value = false' | tee $FP
 
-# revert to previous version of cinnamon menus
-

main.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Last updated: 7/4/2026
-# This was designed for Linux Mint XX.x; most of it should work for other distros. the desktop-environment.sh code will probably need to be different for anything that's not Cinnamon. 
+# This was designed for Linux Mint 22.2; most of it should work for other distros. the desktop-environment.sh code will probably need to be different for anything that's not Cinnamon. 
 # Some things here require manual install because they aren't in apt repositories, don't have another stable installation source, and I don't want to rely on a static download location. 
 # These things will all be put into a TODO.md file in the current directory along with brief notes/instructions. 
 

removing-stuff.sh

@@ -3,4 +3,10 @@
 ######################
 echo "## removing stuff" | tee todo.md -a
 
-echo "* remove ~/Videos, etc" | tee todo.md -a
+rmdir $HOME/Documents/
+rmdir $HOME/Music/
+rmdir $HOME/Pictures/
+rmdir $HOME/Public/
+rmdir $HOME/Templates/
+rmdir $HOME/Videos/
+