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Windows fixed this by just having %APPDATA%, and to me, its a great idea. No .config, no .local, no .share, no .randomfile, each installed program has its direc
by nmz 4y ago
Windows fixed this by just having %APPDATA%, and to me, its a great idea. No .config, no .local, no .share, no .randomfile, each installed program has its directory in hidden directory, and nobody has to know what each directory is for, and sure, this is what ~/.config is for some, but I also see there's some stuff in ~/.local/share and so on.
To expand on this, when a program gets installed, it should write its binary location in a file, then if you ever erase it, a doesthisexistanymore $Config/dir/*/symlink | remove_entire_configuration_directory should be run via cron daily.
No manual cleanup, ever.
- kodah 4y agoSlight correction here, XDG keys are analogous to Windows standards: https://github.com/adrg/xdg/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/adrg/xdg/blob/master/README.md