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[-] jeremyparker@programming.dev 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I love you all very much but just please be aware that "the floor" is literally where the files are supposed to go, according to the spec. I don't like it, you don't like it, nobody likes it. But that's why it's happening.

Relevant section quoted for the lazy:

User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). If an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should be placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a '.' character, (a "dot directory"). In this case the configuration files should not start with the '.' character.

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 25 points 9 months ago

You know everything on that site was written in 2004 or earlier, right? That hasn't been the relevant spec for a long, long time now. We use xdg for that now. Configs go in xdg_config_home.

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Can't we have both? Like some go there, and others go to the other place?

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

We do have both. That's the whole complaint. There are still major applications using the decades obsolete standard. It was changed because it leaves your home directory a cluttered, useless mess. Also, if you really want your dotfiles in your home directory you can just set your xdg_config_home to your home directory instead of its default of .config.

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry I was being sarcastic :D

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Ah. That makes sense. Sorry.

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