On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 8:36 PM Thomas Passin <tbp100...@gmail.com> wrote:

> @paolomi has requested that Leo's user's home directory be moved - on
> Linux - from the location it has always had to a new one.  The current
> location is ~/.leo.  @paolomi thinks it should not be in ~/ so as to reduce
> clutter in the user's home directory.  Existing installations would not be
> changed. The issue for the request is XDG Base Directory on Linux #3213
> <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/3213>.


I don't like this proposal:

- It's not needed.
- It might create problems for existing users.
- The home directory is a natural place for this data.
- The home directory often contains subdirectories starting with
`.<app-name>'.
  Both Linux and Windows hide such directories by default.

Edward

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