# HG changeset patch # User Christian Brabandt # Date 1713535203 -7200 # Node ID dff6ca12487a902e5d04e12a3c8d2354ca40f541 # Parent 51004734312d9595f4e10748bb52b0bc86348f95 runtime(doc): minor fixes to starting.txt Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a13290f82387f148f5ae8eae46fd3e1c65719b99 Author: Diego Viola Date: Fri Apr 19 15:51:44 2024 +0200 runtime(doc): minor fixes to starting.txt closes: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/14593 Signed-off-by: Diego Viola Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt --- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Apr 15 +*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Apr 19 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ XDG Base Directory Specification ~ The XDG Base Directory Specification aims to define a standard location for configuration files used by applications. This is mainly done to prevent -the legacy behavior of dumping everything into the users home directory. +the legacy behavior of dumping everything into the user's home directory. The specification can be found online at https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ @@ -1101,13 +1101,13 @@ user, using environment variable but sho variables weren't set. This is not an exhaustive list of those directories: - Environment var default location Description ~ + Environment var Default location Description ~ `$XDG_CACHE_HOME` $HOME/.cache Ephemeral data files `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` $HOME/.config Configuration files `$XDG_DATA_HOME` $HOME/.local/share Persistent data files `$XDG_STATE_HOME` $HOME/.local/state State data files -Vim will only care of the `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` directory, the others are not +Vim will only use the `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` directory, the others are not (yet) used for its various configuration and state files. *xdg-vimrc*