Fully agree. In fact, we use these XDG helper functions. data_home() { printf %s\\n "${XDG_DATA_HOME:=$HOME/.local/share}" ; } cache_home() { printf %s

Fully agree. In fact, we use these XDG helper functions. data_home() { printf %s\\n "${XDG_DATA_HOME:=$HOME/.local/share}" ; } cache_home() { printf %s\\n "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:=$HOME/.cache}" ; } config_home() { printf %s\\n "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}" ; } runtime_home() { printf %s\\n "${XDG_RUNTIME_HOME:=$HOME/.runtime}" ; }