alt Hacker NewsThe XDG Base Directory spec covers config/data/cache/state, it does not define where executables go. Whetuu history & cache are both compliant as both go to respectively ~/.local/share/whetuu/ ($XDG_DATA_HOME) & ~/.cache/whetuu/ ($XDG_CACHE_HOME).Atuin, cargo and many other tools are doing the same. By the way, Atuin also rebinds the up arrow.
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drdexebtjl • yesterday at 9:52 PM
> it does not define where executables go
It does. Read the spec. It’s in $HOME/.local/bin. It’s just not configurable like the other paths.
drdexebtjl • yesterday at 9:35 PM
We’ve been over this. Atuin is not a shell prompt.
The XDG Base Directory spec covers config/data/cache/state, it does not define where executables go.
it does:
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir/latest/
User-specific executable files may be stored in $HOME/.local/bin. Distributions should ensure this directory shows up in the UNIX $PATH environment variable, at an appropriate place.
i prefer ~/bin/ but this is better than creating you own directory that needs to be added to the path.