doc/forum/default_paths._Are_there_better_defaults__63__/comment_1_3db622152a8ab53841cc13280ca31da4._comment

   1 [[!comment format=mdwn
   2  username="http://christian.amsuess.com/chrysn"
   3  ip="84.114.244.41"
   4  subject="default paths: basedir spec"
   5  date="2014-05-04T13:30:20Z"
   6  content="""
   7 i have no opinion on *whether* there should be different default directories, but *if* new directories are desired, they should go to their respective paths according to [basedir-spec](http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec/).
   8
   9 i'm no expert in that, but i think it means that the setup files go to `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` (`~/.config/ikiwiki/${wikiname_short}.setup`), and srcdir and repository go to `XDG_DATA_HOME` (`~/.local/share/ikiwiki/${wikiname_short}`).
  10 """]]