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Add support for the XDG Base Directory Specification
norwd Oct 20, 2025
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Add documentation of `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/tt` paths
norwd Oct 20, 2025
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Add documentation of ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/tt paths to README
norwd Oct 20, 2025
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ See `-help` for an exhaustive list of options.

## Configuration

Custom themes and word lists can be defined in `~/.tt/themes` and `~/.tt/words`
Custom themes and word lists can be defined in `~/.config/tt/themes` and `~/.config/tt/words`
(or `~/.tt/themes` and `~/.tt/words`, if no `tt` directory exists in `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`)
and used in conjunction with the `-theme` and `-words` flags. A list of
preloaded themes and word lists can be found in `words/` and `themes/` and are
accessible by default using the respective flags.
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Expand Up @@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ Modify to taste.
not exist, the following directories are searched for a file with the given
name before falling back to internal resources:

${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/tt/words\
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/tt/themes\
~/.config/tt/words\
~/.config/tt/themes\
~/.tt/words\
~/.tt/themes\
/etc/tt/words\
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions src/util.go
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ var CONFIG_DIRS []string
func init() {
home, _ := os.LookupEnv("HOME")

configDir, isConfigSet := os.LookupEnv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
if !isConfigSet {
configDir = filepath.Join(home, ".config")
}

CONFIG_DIRS = []string{
filepath.Join(configDir, "tt"),
filepath.Join(home, ".tt"),
"/etc/tt",
}
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