American_Jesus@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down19cross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
arrow-up1628arrow-down1external-linkDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickAmerican_Jesus@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square137fedilinkcross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
minus-squareinetknght@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago…that’s assuming that apps actually respect that environment variable. The problem is that if the app is writing to ${HOME} then they’re already not following XDG spec.
…that’s assuming that apps actually respect that environment variable. The problem is that if the app is writing to ${HOME} then they’re already not following XDG spec.