[SOLVED] XDG_CONFIG_HOME not defined Mageia 6

[xtapetae]

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$printenv | grep XDG

shows that there are a lot ox XDG-variables defined but not XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

Why is this so and where should it be defined correctly if I define it "by hand"?

Obviously it is usually defined as ~/.config/; is that so?

(I consider installing neovim and it appears to use this variable)

[doktor5000]

Well, if it's not set it defaults to $HOME/.config - is there actually any problem with something that should write to ~/.config/ and doesn't currently?

[xtapetae]

Thanks for the answer. I was not aware that the definition of XDG_CONFIG_HOME provides a default value when not explicitly set. In that case there should be no problem.

[doktor5000]

See https://standards.freedesktop.org/based ... atest.html for more information on this including the other defaults.