Re: [dev] [surf] XDG conformity

[Quentin Rameau]

Hi Janek,

> After trying surf recently, I was appalled to see a ".surf" directory in my 
> home.
> Is XDG basedir compliance not natural in suckless software?

I won't answer directly this question, as you might be able yourself to
look that up.

But if you're asking about surf specifically, you can configure the
directories used by surf in config.h.

Re: [dev] [surf] XDG conformity

[Страхиња Радић]

On 21/12/16 09:39, Janek F wrote:
> After trying surf recently, I was appalled to see a ".surf" directory in my 
> home.
> Is XDG basedir compliance not natural in suckless software?

Suckless software follows the principles that predate X Desktop Group and its
specifications, as well as its own principles.

Before 2000, it was customary in GNU/Linux to have user-specific configuration
files in the user's home directory, starting with a dot. For example, vim's
configuration file is ~/.vimrc, joe's configuration file is ~/.joerc and so on.
Those files are commonly called "dotfiles", because they literally start with a
dot, and programs like ls omit listing them by default (they are "hidden").

In addition, suckless software has its own convention, which is to configure
software by changing a header file in its source code, usually located in the
file config.h in the source directory of a particular program.


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