GNU bug report logs - #41030
[PATCH] Make EWW respect XDG download directory by default

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philip K <philip <at> warpmail.net>

Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 17:00:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 41030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Philip K <philip <at> warpmail.net>,
 41030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41030: [PATCH] Make EWW respect XDG download directory by
 default
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 20:17:58 -0400

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I get nil from (xdg-user-dir "DOWNLOAD").  Looking at the code, I guess
> you have something in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs which causes this.

Yup, that seems to be it.

I deleted the file, and now (xdg-user-dir "DOWNLOAD") returns nil as
it should.

Sorry about the noise.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 17 days ago.

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