/*
- Copyright (C) 2007 Tim Mayberry
+ Copyright (C) 2007 Tim Mayberry
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
+#include <cstdlib>
#include "pbd/error.h"
#include "pbd/filesystem_paths.h"
sys::path
user_config_directory ()
{
- const string home_dir = Glib::get_home_dir ();
-
- if (home_dir.empty ()) {
- const string error_msg = "Unable to determine home directory";
-
- // log the error
- error << error_msg << endmsg;
-
- throw sys::filesystem_error(error_msg);
+ const char* c = 0;
+ sys::path p;
+
+ /* adopt freedesktop standards, and put .ardour3 into $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config
+ */
+
+ if ((c = getenv ("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) != 0) {
+ p = c;
+ } else {
+ const string home_dir = Glib::get_home_dir();
+
+ if (home_dir.empty ()) {
+ const string error_msg = "Unable to determine home directory";
+
+ // log the error
+ error << error_msg << endmsg;
+
+ throw sys::filesystem_error(error_msg);
+ }
+
+ p = home_dir;
+ p /= ".config";
}
-
- sys::path p(home_dir);
+
p /= user_config_dir_name;
return p;