I'm sick of software keeping itself "nice and tidy" nested in stupid directories with stupid names. I like chaos and knowing deep down inside that anything I need is a single tilde away.
A lot of programs are notorious for creating crap in some nested directory structure cluttering your .config. Most of these read an environment variable to fix this egregious behavior.
ls -la ~ | wc -l
1452
Ah. Perfect. My mind is now clear.
FreeDesktop are the evil entity taking my tilde away. Thankfully their own efforts can be used against them to bring chaos and peace back HOME.
export XDG_CACHE_HOME=~
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~
export XDG_DATA_HOME=~
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=~
export XDG_DATA_DIRS=~
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=~
This page has a list of software that respects your Wife, Children and your HOME: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory
- ALSA:
~/.asoundrc - AzPainer:
~/.azpainter - BitchX:
~/.BitchX(Don't tell your parents) - Firefox:
~/.mozilla - GnuPG:
~/.gnupg - Nix:
~/.nixpkgs,~/.nix-profile,~/.nix-defexpr,~/.nix-channels - OpenSSH:
~/.ssh - Shells:
~/.shellrc - Surf:
~/.surf - URxvt:
~/.urxvt - bim:
~/.biminfo - dosbox:
~/.dosbox - feh:
~/.fehbg - howl:
~/.howl - nodejs:
~/.node_repl_history - npm:
~/.npm - pass:
~/.password-store - vim:
~/.vim - weechat:
~/.weechat - xsel:
~/.xsel.log(This one is a MUST HAVE)
This page has a list of software that disrespects your Wife, Children and your HOME: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory
- ????:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/jesseduffield(WHO?) - aerc:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/aerc - berry:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/berry - bspwm:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/bspwm - cmus:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/cmus - falkon:
$XDG_WHERE?/falkon - gh:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/fg - glib:
$XDG_CRAP_HOUSE/glib-2.0 - grafx2:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/grafx2 - htop:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/htop - i3:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/i3 - keepassc:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/keepassc - mpv:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/mpv - neofetch:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/neofetch - openbox:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/openbox - sxhkd:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/sxhkd - wal:
$XDG_CRAP_HOME/wal