boysetsfrog/vimpc

Support the XDG Base Directory specification

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dkasak commented

Instead of writing dotfiles to the home directory, configuration, cache files and data files (if any) should be written in locations according to the XDG Base Directory specification. This is to prevent clutter in the home directory.

The gist of it is:

  • Place config files inside a directory under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (defaults to ~/.config, if not set)
  • Place data files inside a directory under $XDG_DATA_HOME (defaults to ~/.local/share, if not set)
  • Place cache files inside a directory under $XDG_CACHE_HOME (defaults to ~/.cache, if not set)

So, for instance, the configuration file could be placed in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vimpc/vimpcrc. There are some additional things for applications that need system-wide configuration files and such, but I don't think this applies to vimpc.

mox-mox commented

Except .vimpcrc are there any other files, that would need to be moved? I believe (without actually knowing), that the other files would be stored according to what is defined in mpd, right?

4drift commented

I wish this would get addressed, and ideally changed to support XDG.

Deleted user commented

I think that XDG_CONFIG_DIR is not correct, at least it doesnt work in Arch linux! According to the specification in the link above it should be XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

connermcd commented

@Pero14 Thanks