[Feature Request] XDG Base Directory Support

[ghost]

calcurse stores its files by default in $HOME/.calcurse.

It should store config files in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse and its data files in $XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse instead.

Defaults if not set:

• XDG_CONFIG_HOME: "$HOME/.config"
• XDG_DATA_HOME: "$HOME/.local/share"

Current workaround:

$ calcurse -C "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse" -D "$XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse"

Alternatively, keep $HOME/.calcurse as default but if $HOME/.config/calcurse or $HOME/.local/share/calcurse exist then use those instead.

[lfos]

I am not opposed to make calcurse look in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME and $XDG_DATA_HOME as alternative default config/data directories. Patches welcome!

[ghost]

@lfos Just to make sure, which solution are we going for? I would be happy to do this.

1. Full XDG support: Use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse and $XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse as defaults and only use $HOME/.calcurse if it exists for backward compatibility.
2. Partial XDG support: Keep using $HOME/.calcurse as default, but if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse or $XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse exist then use those instead.

[lfos]

Full XDG support sounds fine. We need to make sure that we do not break any old setups that (need to) store their configs in ~/.calcurse/. Also, I think there is a lot of documentation to update with the new paths. If it's the new default, we want everything to refer to ~/.config/calcurse/ instead of ~/.calcurse/.

[ghost]

Added in #254.

[ghost]

Dang I've been waiting for this for so many years. Thanks so much @Nitroretro, if you have some way of donating I would like to send you some bucks.

[ghost]

@billop No need, maybe redirect it to lfos instead? https://calcurse.org/donate/