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[PATCH] Make EWW respect XDG download directory by default

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Message #19 received at 41030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: philip <at> warpmail.net (Philip K.)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, stefan <at> marxist.se, 41030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41030: [PATCH] Make EWW respect XDG download directory by
 default
Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 10:20:29 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> - What do we do when xdg-user-dir returns ~/ but ~/Downloads/ also
>>   exists, as in Stefan's case?  Consider it a user misconfiguration?
>
> I think that is ~/Downloads/ exists, it's a good hint that the user
> wants to use ~/Downloads/, no matter what xdg-user-dir says.

So should it check for "~/Downloads/" first (and maybe perhaps a few
other popular directory names in other languages), and unless that
hasn't been found load xdg.el and call xdg-user-dir? In the worst case,
the user doesn't have a download directory and $HOME is actually where
they want their files to land.

-- 
	Philip K.

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