Dotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.
Dotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.
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One of my greatest pet peeves is random folders appearing in my home folder. Thanks for this
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Let's count them. (not including legacy or standard locations like .local, .config, or .cache, .ssh, and shell configuration files
- .aws
- .azure
- .bun
- .byobu
- .cargo
- .dbus
- .docker
- .dokku
- .keychain
- .kube
- .minikube
- .motd_shown
- .node_repl_history
- .npm
- .nuxt
- .nuxtrc
- .nvm
- .oh-my-zsh
- .pack
- .psql_history
- .pyenv
- .python_history
- .redhat
- .ruff_cache
- .rustup
- .selected_editor
- .sqlite_history
- .sudo_as_admin_successful
- .tmux.conf
- .tox
- .ts_node_repl_history
- .vim
- .viminfo
- .vimrc
- .vscode-server
- .wget-hsts
- .yarn
And a couple more, non-hidden files for Go.
- go
- sdk/go1.20
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i can almost ignore the hidden ones, but
~/go? no thats just rude -
Why aren't all of these just normal directories under either .local (for data files) or .config (for configuration)???
Actually, I think the XDG directories should be under a single XDG directory either dotted or not (a better name would be OK with me) ~/xdg/Documents, ~/xdg/Music, ~/xdg/Pictures etc.
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That's the beauty: XDG compliant applications are entirely configurable using standardized environment variables.
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Documents, Music, etc actually are configurable. Just edit
~/.config/user-dirs.dirs-
I also had to (under KDE)
- Edit the settings for each of the folders in Dolphin (The file manager)
- Edit the location of the desktop folder in the settings found by right-clicking the desktop and going into "Configure Desktop and Wallpaper" Location.
- Edit the show item by choosing Custom Location, and adding the XDG directory for the desktop. This setting may not stick.
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afaik, tmux can use
~/.config/tmux/tmux.confor something, if~/.tmuxis not found-
Neat! Git has the same behavior.
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If these were links to issues that could be reacted to, I'd totally do that.
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Is it a problem to change this?
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