XDG special dirs missing from sidebar
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Description
Distribution
CachyOS
Package version
6.6.4
Frequency
Always
Bug description
XDG user directories (Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos) do not
appear in the sidebar "My Computer" section. Only Desktop shows — and Desktop
is added via a separate code path, so effectively the special-dirs enumeration
returns nothing.
Steps to reproduce
Open nemo, look at left panel
Expected behavior
Show all XDG user directories in left panel
Additional information
Screenshot side by side with Dolphin
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Research direction
Start by tracing Nemo's sidebar "My Computer" special-dirs enumeration and the separate code path that adds Desktop. Reproduce the issue by opening Nemo and inspecting the left panel, then verify that Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos appear alongside Desktop.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100