Cache/data files in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME

[thunktone]

I just found my browsing history, cookies etc in ~/.config/vimb. They really belong in $XDG_CACHE_HOME or possibly $XDG_DATA_HOME. Fortunately I spotted this before commiting the files to my config git repository. Please change this before someone accidentaly publishes their browsing history on github or something. See freedesktop basedir spec.

[fanglingsu]

@thunktone You are right. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is the wrong place used since the early days of vimb. I'll try to move all files except of config, style.css, scripts.js and bookmark to $XDG_DATA_HOME/vimb/[PROFILE/].

[herrsimon]

A related suggestion: I think it would be very useful to add options for specifying the paths and filenames for all files individually, either just via the command line when calling vimb (analogously to '--config') or optimally as settings, so that the files can be changed dynamically. This would in particular be very nice for the style.css and script.js files, which could then be changed via auto-commands, depending on the URI.

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[iamleot]

I think that issue should be reopened (it is not really stale, just not worked on).

[fanglingsu]

I'm not sure which files belong to config, data or to cache directory. I see the files as configuration that I inspect and edit with editor - except of the cookies.db.

[iamleot]

IMHO:

• config, script.js and style.css should be under XDG_CONFIG_HOME
• all other files (cookies.db, closed, history, bookmark, command, queue and search) under XDG_DATA_HOME

[fanglingsu]

Like @iamleot suggested the config, script.js and style.css are kept in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME all other files are now in $XDG_DATA_HOME. Files are not moved automaticallyand should therefor moved from config to data home e.g. by

mv $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vimb/{bookmark,closed,command,cookies.db,history,queue,search} $XDG_DATA_HOME/vimb

[iamleot]

Thank you @fanglingsu!