This module implements the XDG Base Directory Specification (the newest version, currently version 0.8) by the Free Desktop organisation (freedesktop.org). The full specification can be found on https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.8.html.
The specification specifies where applications should look for files, depending on their use-case. All these locations can be set using environment variables.
$ v install yochem.xdgModule documentation can be found on the GitHub Pages of this repo: https://yochem.nl/xdg-v/. But here is a table with the XDG variables and their defaults.
| Environment Variable | V | Default return value |
|---|---|---|
$XDG_CACHE_HOME |
cache_home() |
'$HOME/.cache' |
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME |
config_home() |
'$HOME/.config' |
$XDG_DATA_HOME |
data_home() |
'$HOME/.local/share' |
$XDG_STATE_HOME |
state_home() |
'$HOME/.local/state' |
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS |
config_dirs() |
['/etc/xdg'] |
$XDG_DATA_DIRS |
data_dirs() |
['/usr/local/share', '/usr/share'] |
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR |
runtime_dir() |
none |
I'm currently working on a pathlib module in vlib, see
vlang/v#16782. For now, this repo has a pathlib branch
to show how that would look. This branch will be the default when vlang/v#16782
is finished and merged.
MIT.