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Personal dotfiles and configuration guide.
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We will be following Free Desktop Specifications.
One of the tools we need to know about is xdg-user-dirs.Arch Wiki
Make sure this is installed with sudo apt install xdg-user-dirs
xdg-user-dirs is a tool to help manage "well known" user directories like the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization (i.e. translation) of the filenames.
The way it works is that xdg-user-dirs-update is run very early in the login phase. This program reads a configuration file, and a set of default directories. It then creates localized versions of these directories in the users home directory and sets up a config file in $(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)/user-dirs.dirs (XDG_CONFIG_HOME defaults to ~/.config) that applications can read to find these directories.
Sysadmins can configure things by editing /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf. At the moment there are only two settings, you can disable the whole thing, and you can specify the charset encoding used for filenames. They can also set or change the default directories and their initial values in /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults.
$(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)/user-dirs.dirs specifies the current set of directories for the user. This file is in a shell format, so its easy to access from a shell script. This file can also be modified by users (manually or via applications) to change the directories used. Note: To disable a directory, point it to the homedir. If you delete it it will be recreated on the next login.
You can find the original user.dirs.defaults HERE
You can find the custom one I use HERE
Some of these are their own repositories, and I will include a link below with an explanation and purpose of the directory.
DESKTOP=gui Default desktop directory (if applicable)
DOWNLOAD=dl Default download directory for firefox etc
TEMPLATES=eg Default directory for file click/create capability on desktops REPO
MARKDOWN=md Guides and notes written in markdown. (https://myrepos.dev)
PUBLICSHARE=pub Local sharing folder
DOCUMENTS=media/docs Documents
MUSIC=media/music
PICTURES=media/pics
VIDEOS=media/vids
PDF=media/pdf
CAD=cad CAD repo with resources and links to library etc. (https://myrepos.dev)
REPO=repo All my developement repos (https://myrepos.dev)
SCRIPTS=sh Shell/Python scripts etc REPO
VIRTUALMACHINES=vm Virtual Machines / Dockerfiles etc. (https://myrepos.dev)
curl https://myrepos.dev/Randy-Jordan/eg/raw/branch/main/dot/xdg/user-dirs.custom -o /etc/xdg/user.dirs.defaults
TLDR
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove
curl home dirs
xdg-user-dirs-update
apt package install link.
curl dotfiles link
Credits / Resources
Atlassian - How to store Dotfiles
Tom Preston-Werner README Driven Development
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