skywind3000 / skywind3000/z.lua
Avoid polluting $HOME by following XDG Base Directory Specification
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Lua
- Stars
- 3.1k
- Forks
- 148
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
By default z.lua writes into ~/.zlua. This pollutes the home directory.
In Unix, writing in a specified config folder is preferable. Traditionally ~/.config/ serves this purpose.
In Windows %LOCALAPPDATA% serves this purpose.
In MacOS ~/Library/Preferences serves this purpose.
Thanks!
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- 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 with z.lua around line 107, where the default ~/.zlua path is written, and read the linked XDG Base Directory, Windows, and macOS guidance. Define the platform-specific config locations and verify that the default no longer writes directly into the home directory.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100