Re: [Gimp-developer] XDG support and better Windows configuration path

[Graeme Gill <graeme2 argyllcms com>]

Michael Natterer wrote:

> which means for master:
> 
> OSX: ~/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.9
> WIN: (whatever windows folder i have no clue about)\GIMP\2.9
> XDG: ~/.config/GIMP/2.9

Having looked into this, I'm not sure that's correct.
I think it should be:

 OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/GIMP/2.9
 WIN: %APPDATA%\GIMP\2.9
 XDG: ~/.config/GIMP/2.9

$XDG_DATA_HOME best corresponds to "Application Support", while
$XDG_CONF_HOME best corresponds to "Preferences".

Full list of cross platform mappings (as best I can figure):

    The following paths are used for each of the 5 XDG concepts, listed in order
    of priority:

        Per user application related data.

        Per user application configuration settings.

        Per user application cache storage area.

        Local system wide application related data.

        Local system wide application configuration settings.

    Unix:
        $XDG_DATA_HOME
        $HOME/.local/share

        $XDG_CONF_HOME
        $HOME/.config

        $XDG_CACHE_HOME
        $HOME/.cache

        $XDG_DATA_DIRS
        /usr/local/share:/usr/share

        $XDG_CONF_DIRS
        /etc/xdg

    OS X:
        $XDG_DATA_HOME
        $HOME/Library/Application Support

        $XDG_CONF_HOME
        $HOME/Library/Preferences

        $XDG_CACHE_HOME
        $HOME/Library/Caches

        $XDG_DATA_DIRS
        /Library/Application Support

        $XDG_CONF_DIRS
        /Library/Preferences

    MSWin:
        $XDG_DATA_HOME
        $APPDATA
        $HOME/.local/share

        $XDG_CONF_HOME
        $APPDATA
        $HOME/.config

        $XDG_CACHE_HOME
        $APPDATA/Cache
        $HOME/.cache

        $XDG_DATA_DIRS
        $ALLUSERSPROFILE

        $XDG_CONF_DIRS
        $ALLUSERSPROFILE

Graeme Gill.