XDG Base Directory

[trans]

I installed Conky the other day and noticed the config file is ~/.conkyrc. I'd like to suggest that the project use the XDG Base Directory standard and place the file in ~/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/conky/. It has taken awhile but the standard is finally gaining wide support, and home directories everywhere are finally starting to look sane. 😄

[marcpayne]

Hi @trans, what version of Conky did you install? Since commit 00481ee, which is in version 1.10.0, Conky follows the XDG standards. It first tries to read its config from ~/.config/conky/conky.conf. If that fails, it falls back to the old ~/.conkyrc.

Thanks for your report though! The XDG standards are really nice, and I enjoy seeing my home directory get cleaner as the years tick by. :)

[trans]

Mine was an emerge on Gentoo, so yes, it might have been older version. I'll update. Thanks!

[Tucos]

Just a small nitpick sort of related to this issue: the claim that

Conky follows the XDG standards

is incorrect. The XDG Basedir spec states that the application should look in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config} and then fall back to $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS; conky only looks in $HOME/.config.

[marcpayne]

@Tucos You're absolutely right. Thanks for the correction!