• @nul9o9@lemmy.world
    6•8 months ago

    Every project should at least move the default config location to the ./config folder. Even better if they create their own subdirectory in there.

    • DreamButtEnglish
      6•8 months ago

      Every tool I build checks three places:

      1. An env variable (if it exists) which should point to a dir of the users choosing
      2. ~/.config/tool-name/
      3. ~/.tool-name

      Which imo is how every modern application should work

      • @dan@upvote.au
        1•8 months ago

        For number 2, is it hard-coded to ~/.config or does it read XDG_CONFIG_HOME? The latter is what it should do, so that the user has the flexibility to move all their configs elsewhere.

        • DreamButtEnglish
          1•8 months ago

          It’s from $HOME so you would want to use the first option

          But it’s GTK that var is used by some people

          • @dan@upvote.au
            2•8 months ago

            Please follow XDG specs and use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead of $HOME/.config. $HOME/.config could be a fallback if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME isn’t set. :)