Bug 393813 - Better organize Plasma and KDE application configuration files
Summary: Better organize Plasma and KDE application configuration files
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.12.5
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2018-05-03 18:00 UTC by Richard Bowen
Modified: 2018-05-03 21:00 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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KDE related config files ~/.config path (70.93 KB, image/png)
2018-05-03 18:00 UTC, Richard Bowen
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Description Richard Bowen 2018-05-03 18:00:59 UTC
Created attachment 112392 [details]
KDE related config files ~/.config path

The ~/.config directory is used by Plasma and KDE application for storing config files however these config files are all not organized in a directory(s) and a result the ~/.config path has a lot of KDE related config files.

This is a proposal to create a directory structure in ~/.config to better organize those files.

An alternative could be to store the config files (or values) in another way.
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2018-05-03 18:02:10 UTC
Migration is very difficult, and this isn't something that's actually a problem
Comment 2 Richard Bowen 2018-05-03 18:07:00 UTC
True it isn't an issue, but now I know the situation. Thanks.
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2018-05-03 18:33:26 UTC
Organized by what criteria? You could create your own hierarchy with links to actual config files, but right now I have no idea why you want them organized. It's like saying you want to organize the /usr/bin or /usr/lib folders.
Comment 4 Richard Bowen 2018-05-03 21:00:50 UTC
It's just that other applications/desktop environments organize their config files in a folder structure in ~/.config. The categorization simplifies things a bit (eg. ~/.config/plasma/)