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> this should be fixed by adding an explicit "I want XDG even though I'm on macOS" setting somewhere. Probably another environment variable. Why another one? I

by OJFord 1y ago

> this should be fixed by adding an explicit "I want XDG even though I'm on macOS" setting somewhere. Probably another environment variable. Why another one? If an XDG env var is set explicitly, that's obviously what the user wants. Just don't (necessarily) use the spec's defaults when it's not set.

joshka 1y ago
The xdg vars only control the location. There’s no var to control that xdg should be used. macOS has a canonical approach, which some tools choose to ignore. I want a flag to make that ignorance correct
- OJFord 1y ago
  I know, but if XDG vars controlling the location exist then obviously 'use XDG' is desired.
  - joshka 1y ago
    No. There are many situations where these are set where that’s not true.