[PATCH] WIP: dim: introduce XDG_CONFIG_HOME support

[Emil Velikov]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 09:06, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 04:33:09PM +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
> > From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
> >
> > Currently we check for $DIM_CONFIG, falling back to $HOME/.dimrc.
> >
> > Instead of always setting DIM_CONFIG, add support for XDG_CONFIG_HOME
> > aka ~/.config.
> >
> > Now we get $DIM_CONFIG > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dim/config > $HOME/.dimrc
> >
> > Ideally in the future we'll:
> >  a) warn and kill off the last one
> >  b) print an warning message each time DIM_CONFIG is set
> >  c) error out if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set ...
> > or fallback to ~/.config ourselves
> >
> > Reason being, managing dotfiles with XDG is an order of magnitude
> > easier and DIM_CONFIG should only be set as a temporary workaround.
> >
> > TODO: better sales pitch, update docs
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
> > ---
> > As the WIP/TODO suggests, this is not the final version of the patch.
> > Sending it out to get some feedback on the idea and a/b/c thinking.
>
> I think this makes sense. Instead of warning I think we could just ship a
> dim version for a few weeks that automatically moves the old ~/.dimrc to
> the new XDG approved location.

Ack, makes sense. Will follow-up in a few days, since I'd like to
double-check/update all of dim.
Currently it stores a number of files in $HOME.

Thanks
Emil