Readme update

README.md

@@ -6,17 +6,44 @@ There is no place like $HOME. Home directory setup and bootstrapping guide.
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
-* [Features](#features)
+* [Directories](#directories)
 * [Todos](#todos)
 * [Usage](#usage)
 * [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments)
 * [License](#license)
 
 
-## Features
+## Directories
-- [ ] Dotfiles
+xdg-user-dirs is a tool to help manage "well known" user directories like the 
-- [ ] XDG 
+desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization 
-- [ ] Setup Scripts
+(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.
+
+```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.
 
 ## Todos