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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory

Do that for your tools in /etc/profile.d/01-xdg, make it executable, restart, done. Just make sure the XDG_* variables are on top.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lots of tools ignore xdg, and issues asking to add support get bogged down in backwards compatibility problems. The best they achieve is to introduce yet another env variable to control where the config goes. It's really annoying.

I have a bunch of TOOLX_CONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/toolx" stuff in my bashrc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes? Most workarounds are in the link. If not, please add them.

But sure, some have none.