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

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Philip K <philip <at> warpmail.net>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 41030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41030: [PATCH] Make EWW respect XDG download directory by
 default
Date: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:52:06 +0200

Philip K <philip <at> warpmail.net> writes:

> -(defcustom eww-download-directory "~/Downloads/"
> +(defcustom eww-download-directory (or (xdg-user-dir "DOWNLOAD")
> +                                      "~/Downloads/")

This makes sense conceptually.  However, on my machine, evaluating
(xdg-user-dir "DOWNLOAD") just returns $HOME.  That's a worse default
than "~/Downloads/", no?

But I don't know enough about the XDG standard to propose a solution.
Nor do I know if this is because my setup is particularly unusual.

Lars, what do you think?

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

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