From dd8a03107b1ab82ce821e64b1e8d5a327def4968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:00:25 +0200 Subject: faq entry about XDG --- docs/FAQ | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/FAQ') diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index b377607..a3c1254 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ They both have advantages and disadvantages: So, when writing scripts, using fifo's is usually the fastest method (because you do not need to fork another process), so fifo is preferred unless you need a response. +### What the hell is this 'XDG' stuff?? +You'll notice our example scripts and configs use variables such as `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` and `$XDG_DATA_HOME`. +Most of us really like the [xdg basedir spec](http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html) +so our example material folows it. Basically it helps you keeping a clean `$HOME` and it separates config, data and cache. +If these variables are not defined on your system, it could be that you need to install an xdg package. +If you don't like this, no one is stopping you from changing the scripts and configs to point to a single `$HOME/.uzbl` directory or whatever you want. + + ### Does the world really need another browser? We did try a lot of browsers, and we do not suffer [NIH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Invented_Here). We believe that the approach taken by way too many browsers is wrong. We do not want browsers that try to do everything, -- cgit v1.2.3