Follow the XDG Base directory specification for storing data like map files
PureTryOut opened this issue · comments
Right now osmin makes 2 folders in my home folder, "Maps" and "osmin", while those should really be located in $XDG_DATA_HOME/osmin (or ~/.local/share/osmin if the $XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable isn't set).
You can read the full specification on where to store any kind of program data/config file here or read a shortened version on the Arch Linux wiki.
Agree. But the application is intended for the end user, who does not know the XDG standard. Finding its data (gpx files, favorites, styles and maps) could be a nightmare if we store them in hidden path. The simplest is the best without breaking your head.
Why would "the end user" need to know where the data is stored anyway? They should have no reason to start looking for it. And if they did, it would be best if all applications stored it in the same fashion, thus following the standard.
Not liking a cluttered home directory, and accepting @janbar's comment, could we have a Setting so that the user could choose the location?
(which then defaults to the XDG location please)
At least for non-Android. I expected to find map files under ~/.local/share/osmin/.
I would also prefer if the config was at ~/.config/osmin.conf or ~/.config/osmin/osmin.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME. The current ~/.config/io.github.janbar/osmin.conf is quite Androidy (or Java?), no other program I have installed does that to its configuration location.
Having just installed osmin, said the above and opened a couple of issues, I want to add that I so far like the overall UX very much.