From: Dario <piombo.dario@gmail.com>
To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Consider following XDG base directory specification
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:09:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221024090957.ekvfaob3bfmpc4ow@dario-arch3> (raw)
I apologize in advance if the issue has already been raised by somebody else
but I couldn't find anything on the bug tracker and furthermore I'm one of
those freaks who prefer a de-cluttered home directory. ;-)
Instead of saving config file in $HOME/.notmuch-config,
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/notmuch}/notmuch-config (notmuchrc is a nice name too)
should be used for unix-based operating systems according to the XDG Base Directory Specification.
As well as keeping the home directory clean, the semantic separation of config,
runtime data, cache data and user-local software by the spec is helpful to users
and other tools (e.g. backup software).
In terms of migration, I would suggest using the xdg-compilant config location
if it exists and falling back to the current default location.
I know someone could decide to run notmuch with the --config switch in order to read from a
different configuration file but I feel the XDG base directory specification is a nice default behavior.
next reply other threads:[~2022-10-24 11:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-24 9:09 Dario [this message]
2022-10-24 11:21 ` Consider following XDG base directory specification David Bremner
2022-10-24 13:39 ` Dario
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