Use a crate to conform to correct config location

[barskern]

Instead of manually trying to locate the correct directory for configs, you could use directories (which is even cross platform).

[lunacookies]

In fact, I am using a crate to locate the correct config location – dirs. However, this uses a location in ~/Library/Preferences on macOS. This is the canonical location for GUI apps, but not for CLIs, so I opted to manually override dirs’s solution for macOS builds. I copied most of that code from bat, which had an interesting discussion on this very topic (you can find the actual PR here). You do have a point, however, that directories might be more appropriate than dirs in this case.

[barskern]

Ah I was a bit too quick on the suggestive trigger as I did not notice dirs.

The discussion is rather interesting. Personally I use Linux and use ~/.config/ for all my configuration, so the issue doesn't directly concern me, however I do think a directories is a nice abstraction. Good luck with the choice 😄

[lunacookies]

Thanks. I’m still not happy with the current solution, so if anyone knows of a better way, I’m all ears!