bcedu / VGrive

Google Drive client for linux
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Follow the Freedesktop XDG base directory standard #57

Closed x80486 closed 1 year ago

x80486 commented 4 years ago

On Linux, VGrive currently creates a .vgrive/ folder in the user's home directory. Most applications/programs don't create a folder in the user's home directory anymore, but instead use the Freedesktop XDG standard – found here: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html.

Using this standard:

This is just a request to consider using this standard. It makes a lot of sense; it is easy for the user to understand, makes it easier to backup / locate / restore / manage / clear user's data, and creates less clutter in the user's home directory.

Thanks in advance...and thanks so much for everyone's hard work on this – it's amazing!