Re: Respect XDG environment variables

[Slava Zanko <slavazanko gmail com>]

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13.06.2012 18:50, Rashid N. Achilov wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 June 2012, Slava Zanko wrote:
> > These hardcoded paths have used only in one case: if you specify 
> > MC_HOME environment variable. For example: MC_HOME=/tmp/mchome-$$
> > mc
> >
> > in this case you'll have directory structure: 
> > /tmp/mchome-12345/.cache /tmp/mchome-12345/.config 
> > /tmp/mchome-12345/.local/share
> >
> > In any other cases (when MC_HOME variable isn't set) mc used
> > XDG_* variables as well, you may check it yourself :).
>
> Not. These hardcoded path' will use when --with-homedir=XDG will
> set in configure

Should be set --with-homedir=XDG in configure script and in runtime
should be set MC_HOME environment variable. Only in this case mc uses
hardcoded paths. If you'll set the '--with-homedir=XDG' configure
variable, but keep empty the MC_HOME environment variable, then mc
will respect XDG_* variables as well.

> I see in configure option --with-homedir, which specified location
> of home directory. In this parameter I can set "XDG" and mc will
> "respect XDG standards". So, "respect XDG standards" IMHO is use
> environment variables, when they are defined. When
> --with-homedir=XDG MC will hardly use ".local", ".cache" and
> ".config" dirs instead.

Yes, if --with-homedir will equals to XDG, then mc respect XDG
standards with environment variables. I'd like to say again: the
hardcoded paths will used only(!!!) if you'll set MC_HOME environment
variable. Keep this variable empty and you get street magic, as you
expected.

> Well. Stop this boring thread. You had have said, I had have
> heard.

I don't sure that you heard exactly what I said :(
Sorry, I don't mean to offend you - my English isn't ideal, this a reason.


P.S. just try to download latest release from m-c.o, compile and run
the compiled app:

XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config2 /path/to/compiled/mc

if, after the command, you'll not see the ~/.config2 directory, I'll
eat my keyboard with video on youtube, I promise.

- -- 
WBR, Slavaz.
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