Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03E50429E28 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:44:24 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.3 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VPrc23KpcX6x for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:44:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from tempo.its.unb.ca (tempo.its.unb.ca [131.202.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40EB2431FB6 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:44:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from zancas.localnet (fctnnbsc36w-156034079193.pppoe-dynamic.High-Speed.nb.bellaliant.net [156.34.79.193]) (authenticated bits=0) by tempo.its.unb.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pBLBiGBT023605 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:44:17 -0400 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1RdKam-0001Zw-6X; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:44:16 -0400 From: David Bremner To: Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>, notmuch mailing list Subject: Re: RFC: use the XDG Base Directory Specification for configuration data In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: Notmuch/0.10.2+112~g4a2a271 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:44:16 -0400 Message-ID: <87ty4utai7.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:44:24 -0000 On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:19:38 +0100, Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> wrote: > Hi :) > > I'd like to propose to store notmuchs configuration in > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch/config as suggested in the XDG Base Directory > Specification [0]. Can you use NOTMUCH_CONFIG to achieve what you want? On my machine all of the programs (except nottoomuch ;) ) that use ~/.config are gui based, and a bunch of them store binary blobs (or not plain text anyway) there. It might be irrational, but I don't really want notmuch to be associated with that crowd ;). > Similarly $XDG_DATA_HOME/nmbug might be a more appropriate location > for nmbugs git checkout than ~/.nmbug. Similarly the environment variable NMBGIT is available. d