On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 at 18:51:23 -0500, Randy Kramer wrote: > * user's "real" data (that is files containing things like user's > documents, photos, music, ..., but not things like user defined or > selected icons, backgrounds, ...)--$XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_DATA_DIRS
That's not the intended purpose of XDG_DATA_HOME - if it was, then the default value wouldn't be hidden! As far as I can tell, the intention is that anything the user saves explicitly (file manager, Save As, ...), or should normally be able to access through a file manager, goes in a non-hidden directory of the user's choice, either one of those configured by xdg-user-dirs <http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs> or something else chosen by the user. > * I think a fourth hierarchy is required for stuff that is not "real" > user data--e.g., if for some reason an application has personalized > icons, background images, or something similar, they do not go in > $XDG_DATA_HOME but instead here As I understand it, this is XDG_DATA_HOME (and for reading, XDG_DATA_DIRS). Simon _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
