The whole point is it's only deciding (3) things (config, data, cache), not (N_programs) things. > If I want .chromium, .0ad, etc. instead of .config, I'm SOL.

The whole point is it's only deciding (3) things (config, data, cache), not (N_programs) things. > If I want .chromium, .0ad, etc. instead of .config, I'm SOL. Technically not SOL, you just need to set the launcher of whatever binary to set the XDG env vars to $HOME/.programname on launch. Or use links.