Thanks for replying thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction. I guess I didn't RTFM properly. Environment variables are good enough for me. Keep up the good work. On 2022-10-24 08:21:42-0300, David Bremner wrote: > Dario <piombo.dario@gmail.com> writes: > > > I apologize in advance if the issue has already been raised by somebody else > > but I couldn't find anything on the bug tracker and furthermore I'm one of > > those freaks who prefer a de-cluttered home directory. ;-) > > > > Instead of saving config file in $HOME/.notmuch-config, > > ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/notmuch}/notmuch-config (notmuchrc is a nice name too) > > should be used for unix-based operating systems according to the XDG Base Directory Specification. > > > > See > > https://notmuchmail.org/doc/latest/man1/notmuch-config.html#configuration > > > As well as keeping the home directory clean, the semantic separation of config, > > runtime data, cache data and user-local software by the spec is helpful to users > > and other tools (e.g. backup software). > > > > In terms of migration, I would suggest using the xdg-compilant config location > > if it exists and falling back to the current default location. > > The priority of configurations is unlikely to change at this point. Too > much potential for breakage for too little gain. > > d > _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list -- notmuch@notmuchmail.org To unsubscribe send an email to notmuch-leave@notmuchmail.org