[Bug 470522] Re: Vim should follow XDG Base Directory Specifications to store its config files

[smyrman]

Lots of DEs and applications follow the freedesktop.org spec of the XDG
config scheme.

@Sandeep: If you just want vim working with this standard. do this:
http://tlvince.com/vim-respect-xdg

@Vim devs: For a more permanent solution I don't believe it should be
too hard to make Vim support both the freedesktop.org scheme and the old
way of doing things. It should be easy enough just to check for
XDG_CONFIG_HOME at startup and if it doesn't exist, fall back to using
.vimrc and friends. Adding a compiler option for only optionally
supporting this scheme is possible, but I wouldn't recommend it!

The most obvious benefit of supporting the XDG config spec is that it
allows for quite easy synchronizing of config files between different
computers for several apps - one only has too copy the .config folder!
One can also put this .config folder under revision control, like I
have.

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Title:
  Vim should follow XDG Base Directory Specifications to store its
  config files

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: vim

  There is a huge need to have a separation between user-data and
  user-preferences. For example, when I back up my configuration files - I should be targetting .vimrc and .vim config files, but not my .viminfo files.

  This will also have the added advantage of a less cluttered home
  directory.

  References:
  http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders

  http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?207-modify-your-application-to-use-xdg-
  folders

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