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XDG specs are crap. Sure one single ~/.config folder is a very good idea. But I want it clearly visible such as ~/config. But I don't want an additional and con

by jojo14 4y ago

XDG specs are crap. Sure one single ~/.config folder is a very good idea. But I want it clearly visible such as ~/config. But I don't want an additional and confusing ~/.local. Plus I don't want ~/Videos or ~/Pictures folders. I am not dumb. Let me organize my folders according to my needs and my will. The first thing I do when I setup a user account is removing those useless XDG folders. XDG pretend to remove folder clusterfuck then why do they add their crappy folders?

jenadine 4y ago
> I want it clearly visible such as ~/config. No problems: define the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME to be like so. > I don't want an additional and confusing ~/.local. The idea is that data and config are different. Anyway, if you have different taste, that's ok, define $XDG_DATA_HOME to be the same as config. > I don't want ~/Videos or ~/Pictures folders That's not in the XDG spec.
- justeleblanc 4y ago
  > That's not in the XDG spec. But it is. In the XDG user dir spec.
  - jbaber 4y ago
    Wait, I get to blame XDG for this? I've never cared about dotfiles since they're invisible. But Videos, Pictures, etc. have always been a nuisance.
    - sam_lowry_ 4y ago
      I already posted this above, but here is a repost, because I know exactly how you feel: cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/.Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/tmp" Note that XDG_DESKTOP_DIR and XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR have to point to different directories. In hindsight, this is obvious, but this is also a really stupid "security" bug-o-feature that costed countless hours to countless people.
      - account42 4y ago
        > Note that XDG_DESKTOP_DIR and XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR have to point to different directories. In hindsight, this is obvious, but this is also a really stupid "security" bug-o-feature that costed countless hours to countless people. It's not obvious at all. The only security issue is programs dumping "downloads" on your harddrive without asking you first. Sucks that this is yet another thing that Mozilla has copied from Chrome without thinking.
    - narwally 4y ago
      I shove them all into ~/docs and then edit my ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file to match.

by jojo14 4y ago

jenadine 4y ago

> I want it clearly visible such as ~/config. No problems: define the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME to be like so. > I don't want an additional and confusing ~/.local. The idea is that data and config are different. Anyway, if you have different taste, that's ok, define $XDG_DATA_HOME to be the same as config. > I don't want ~/Videos or ~/Pictures folders That's not in the XDG spec.

justeleblanc 4y ago
> That's not in the XDG spec. But it is. In the XDG user dir spec.
- jbaber 4y ago
  Wait, I get to blame XDG for this? I've never cared about dotfiles since they're invisible. But Videos, Pictures, etc. have always been a nuisance.
  - sam_lowry_ 4y ago
    I already posted this above, but here is a repost, because I know exactly how you feel: cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/.Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/tmp" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/tmp" Note that XDG_DESKTOP_DIR and XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR have to point to different directories. In hindsight, this is obvious, but this is also a really stupid "security" bug-o-feature that costed countless hours to countless people.
    - account42 4y ago
      > Note that XDG_DESKTOP_DIR and XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR have to point to different directories. In hindsight, this is obvious, but this is also a really stupid "security" bug-o-feature that costed countless hours to countless people. It's not obvious at all. The only security issue is programs dumping "downloads" on your harddrive without asking you first. Sucks that this is yet another thing that Mozilla has copied from Chrome without thinking.
  - narwally 4y ago
    I shove them all into ~/docs and then edit my ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file to match.