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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    It's used to store configuration files for various applications so they don't clutter up your home directory. For example, you can put your Emacs config files in ~/.config/emacs instead of ~/.emacs.d. Not every program supports it though.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Every project should at least move the default config location to the ./config folder. Even better if they create their own subdirectory in there.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Every tool I build checks three places:

    1. An env variable (if it exists) which should point to a dir of the users choosing
    2. ~/.config/tool-name/
    3. ~/.tool-name

    Which imo is how every modern application should work

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    For number 2, is it hard-coded to ~/.config or does it read XDG_CONFIG_HOME? The latter is what it should do, so that the user has the flexibility to move all their configs elsewhere.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    It's from $HOME so you would want to use the first option

    But it's GTK that var is used by some people

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    Please follow XDG specs and use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead of $HOME/.config. $HOME/.config could be a fallback if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME isn't set. :)

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    I agree.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    No, they should read XDG variables. I have my configs on another drive.