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Micro puts stuff into $XDG_CONFIG_HOME that doesn't belong there #3176
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Currently there is no logic to take a different default as |
I'll be happy to contribute this if only I get a buy in from a maintainer:) |
Please give it a shot. We're happy about every helping hand. Somewhere here it's good to start: |
I've submitted a patch (and a link to a Linux test binary) in #3185. |
From what I understand, XDG_CONFIG_HOME is for configuration files, like
settings.json
andbindings.json
.However in my case
micro
misuses that directory to place some other autogenerated files in there:I think stuff like
backups
andbuffers
doesn't belong toXDG_DATA_HOME
. Instead they should be in$XDG_STATE_HOME
(or maybe$XDG_DATA_HOME
?).Specifications
Micro version
OS
Terminal
iTerm2 (build 3.5.0beta19)
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