From 3db53ab4e1925a45496440d615f2c713daf13306 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randy Jordan Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:01:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Readme update --- README.md | 38 ++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 174dc47..643b9a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,46 +6,32 @@ There is no place like $HOME. Home directory setup and bootstrapping guide. ## Table of Contents +* [XDG](#xdg) * [Directories](#directories) -* [Todos](#todos) +* [Dotfiles](#dotfiles) * [Usage](#usage) * [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments) * [License](#license) -## Directories +## XDG 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. xdg-user-dirs-update is ran early in the login phase. It reads a configuration file `/etc/xdg/xdg-user-dirs.defaults`. You should replace this file as root -before logging in or opening the file manager. Here is the updated file after -truncating names. +before logging in or opening the file manager. I usually truncate the original +names, and add a few more directories. -```text -# Default settings for user directories -# -# The values are relative pathnames from the home directory and -# will be translated on a per-path-element basis into the users locale -DESKTOP=gui -DOWNLOAD=dl -TEMPLATES=eg -PUBLICSHARE=pub -DOCUMENTS=docs -MEDIA=media -MUSIC=media/music -PICTURES=media/pics -VIDEOS=media/vids -# Another alternative is: -#MUSIC=Documents/Music -#PICTURES=Documents/Pictures -#VIDEOS=Documents/Videos -``` -These are not all the directories, just the ones with XDG functionality. Some -of the may need to be downloaded. +You can find the original `/etc/xdg/xdg-user-dirs.defaults`[Here]()<- TODO +You can find the custom `/etc/xdg/xdg-user-dirs.defaults`[Here]()<- TODO -## Todos +TODO add script to grab eg file and replace. + +## Directories + +## Dotfiles ## Usage