@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1680cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1680external-linkDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.click@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square153fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 years agoW should make a .dotfiles directory for them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•2 years agoYes, but OP wanted .dotfiles. Nice thing with XDG is that you can change all that. The user directories Desktop, Downloads, etc. can be changed as well: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_user_directories
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years ago…that’s assuming that apps actually respect that environment variable. The problem is that if the app is writing to ${HOME} then they’re already not following XDG spec.
W should make a .dotfiles directory for them.
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/juser/.dotfilesWell, isn’t it
.configby default?Yes, but OP wanted
.dotfiles. Nice thing with XDG is that you can change all that.The user directories Desktop, Downloads, etc. can be changed as well: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_user_directories
…that’s assuming that apps actually respect that environment variable. The problem is that if the app is writing to ${HOME} then they’re already not following XDG spec.