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by 0xbadcafebee 614 days ago
Yeah, I'm gonna stick with POSIX. All systems I'm aware of (other than Linux Desktop apps) use $HOME. If you want to extend your functionality to use an OS-specific directory, that's fine, but $HOME is the safest default. (Same for things like $TMPDIR)
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None of that is defined in POSIX, hence the perceived need for XDG.