NVIDIA / NVIDIA/nvidia-settings
Support the XDG Base Directory Specification
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Description
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
Settings are currently stored at $HOME/.nvidia-settings-rc. Following the spec allows for a more organized home directory which makes doing backups easier. The new default location would be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME if set or default to $HOME/.config. Something like $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvidia/settings would work.
This doesn't have to do with nvidia-settings, but it would also be nice if the nvidia drivers followed the spec too. They currently use $HOME/.nv/GLCache for data that could be moved to probably $XDG_CACHE_HOME.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked XDG Base Directory Specification and locating the nvidia-settings code that loads and saves $HOME/.nvidia-settings-rc. Update the default configuration location to use XDG_CONFIG_HOME or $HOME/.config, while considering the separate driver cache request independently. Done means settings continue to load and save correctly at the new path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100