[sigmonsays]

i agree too, All i've seen is a mess of conflicting standards.

Is the dotfile now in ~/.local, or ~/.config or what?

[yjftsjthsd-h]

It should be in $XDG_DATA_HOME/app/

[pasc1878]

It depends on what the dotfile is for.

If configuration then ~/.config. (which could be empty if you just use the default setup) If for data that the app writes then ~/.local