Questions tagged [xdg-base-directory]
Operability with the XDG Base Directory Specification
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Is $HOME/.local/share the default value for $XDG_DATA_HOME?
What's the default value for $XDG_DATA_HOME variable? I get an empty line with:
echo $XDG_DATA_HOME
According to the Free Desktop XDG Base Directory Environment variables specification, it might be ...
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How can I force all applications to use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead of ~/.APP?
As far as I understand, the XDG guidelines recommend that applications store their configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/APP (usually ~/.config/APP) rather than ~/.APP (I'm not sure if there are also ...
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How can I get the (XDG) Default User Directories from Python?
By example,
In English the default user folders will be:
$HOME/Desktop
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$HOME/Videos
In Spanish the default user folders will be:
$HOME/Escritorio
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$HOME/Vídeos
The file ~/.config/user-...
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