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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/pure/ospaths.nim | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | web/news/e031_version_0_16_2.rst | 4 |
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diff --git a/lib/pure/ospaths.nim b/lib/pure/ospaths.nim index 7720fb2a6..fa5342fcf 100644 --- a/lib/pure/ospaths.nim +++ b/lib/pure/ospaths.nim @@ -516,7 +516,16 @@ when declared(getEnv) or defined(nimscript): proc getConfigDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadEnvEffect, ReadIOEffect].} = ## Returns the config directory of the current user for applications. + ## + ## On non-Windows OSs, this proc conforms to the XDG Base Directory + ## spec. Thus, this proc returns the value of the XDG_CONFIG_DIR environment + ## variable if it is set, and returns the default configuration directory, + ## "~/.config/", otherwise. + ## + ## An OS-dependent trailing slash is always present at the end of the + ## returned string; `\\` on Windows and `/` on all other OSs. when defined(windows): return string(getEnv("APPDATA")) & "\\" + elif getEnv("XDG_CONFIG_DIR"): return string(getEnv("XDG_CONFIG_DIR")) & "/" else: return string(getEnv("HOME")) & "/.config/" proc getTempDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", diff --git a/web/news/e031_version_0_16_2.rst b/web/news/e031_version_0_16_2.rst index 4f49bd8d9..4e0784124 100644 --- a/web/news/e031_version_0_16_2.rst +++ b/web/news/e031_version_0_16_2.rst @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility compile-time value. - On posix, the results of `waitForExit`, `peekExitCode`, `execCmd` will return 128 + signal number if the application terminates via signal. +- ``ospaths.getConfigDir`` now conforms to the XDG Base Directory specification + on non-Windows OSs. It returns the value of the XDG_CONFIG_DIR environment + variable if it is set, and returns the default configuration directory, + "~/.config/", otherwise. Library Additions ----------------- |