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[Replying again since my mailer messed up my original message.] |
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On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 12:03 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> Option 3: Unset the variables |
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> This should cause applications to default to locations under ${HOME}. |
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> This could be done in global scope (unless I am overlooking something |
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> in PMS), and so it would not require consumers to invoke anything |
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> explicitly. |
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Only those applications that properly comply with standards :) |
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For instance, glib did not start respecting ${HOME} until version 2.36 |
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if I remember right; before that, unset XDG_* variables would cause |
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g_get_user_cache_dir() etc. to fall back to something under /root/ no |
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matter where ${HOME} pointed. Which is the main reason why |
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gnome2_environment_reset() was created. |
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