[GNC] XDG_CONFIG_HOME

[Alen Siljak]

   Michael,

   if you look at the v3.0 release notes, it states that
   "Data file directories are now located appropriately to the operating
   system's conventions by default:
     * Windows: CSIDL_APPDATA/Gnucash
     * MacOS: $HOME/Application Support/Gnucash
     * Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnucash (or the default
       $HOME/.config/gnucash)

   It's still possible to overried with the environment variable
   GNC_DOC_PATH, which replaces GNC_DOT_DIR in earlier versions of
   GnuCash."

   So, the config directory has changed. On Windows, it used to default to
   ~/.gnucash but not any more. I don't have a Windows system at hand so
   can't give you the exact default location.

   Geert,

   I still find it strange that, even though there is no XDG variable that
   points to ~/.local/share, gnucash directory is still located there. I
   mean, there is no XDG_CONFIG_HOME nor XDG_DATA_HOME set on my system.
   There must be other standards (you know what's good about standards?
   There's so many of them).

   Cheers

   Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 at 8:10 PM
   From: "Fross, Michael" <michael at fross.org>
   To: "Geert Janssens" <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
   Cc: Gnucash-User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>, cicko
   <alen.siljak at gmx.com>
   Subject: Re: [GNC] XDG_CONFIG_HOME
   Just so I'm clear:

   XDG_DATA_HOME will point to the GNC config directory on linux.
   GNC_DATA_HOME will do likewise on Windows?  And the config directory is
   essentially the .gnucash from the v2.6 release?

   I think this is right, just making sure I understand.

   Thank you,

   Michael

   On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Geert Janssens
   <[1]geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:

     Op zondag 15 april 2018 14:32:12 CEST schreef cicko:
     > Continuing from another thread, this is a separate issue.
     > On my OpenSuse system, I see no XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable when I do
     > `printenv`. Echoing the variable itself also displays nothing.
     >
     > This would not be a problem on its own but I see no
     ~/.config/gnucash folder
     > in order to do some GTK styling customizations. Could any linux
     gurus share
     > some wisdom here? Thanks!
     XDG_DATA_HOME will default to ~/.config if it is not explicitly set.
     That's
     what the free desktop specification requires.
     And ~/.config/gnucash is not created automatically indeed. You can
     create it
     yourself if you need it.
     Geert

References

   1. mailto:geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be