Comment by dotancohen
4 years ago
> the system kept trying to replace folders in their original places.
This is the file that you want:
$ cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"
That helps, but be warned that there are still programs running around that just hardcode their paths
Cries in nixpkgs
(Anyone who tried to package a program that hardcodes the “usual” binary paths know the pain)
Doesn't nix itself hardcode the nix store path though?
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