Maybe I'm being unfair to the snap devs. But maybe not. Comments like this don't inspire confidence:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053...

Also, the bug was first reported in 2016, and Mark Shuttleworth himself has commented on it. And yet it's still not fixed. That gives me the impression that the devs don't consider it super-important. Which is odd to me, since I consider not doing this kind of thing to be 'table stakes' for any application that wants me to take it seriously.

> If you have an issue with default folders that are quite normal in a modern desktop environment I suggest you move back to Arch or wherever you came from and install i3 again?

Ummm, I came from Linux before they started having default Documents, Videos, etc folders. And, like I said, the nice thing is that, in Linux, I can change the XDG environment variables and delete the (IMHO) foolish Documents, Music, Videos, etc folders.

Sorry I do not want a directory /Documents if /docs is what i want when i want it...

It is your lucky day - there is a standard for this as well https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_user_directories

I've only been using Linux for around 10 years as my only desk and laptop OS and this is the first I heard of XDG user dirs! This laptop runs Arch. Thanks for the heads up.

I'll drop "/etc/papersize" in return. If you are not familiar with this and do not print to letter paper then you will find it very, very useful.

Oh wow. If this does what I think it does, I'll be forever grateful for that comment.

It really does make CUPS, Libre Office and all the rest believe you when you say "I want to print on A4, yes A4, no not fucking Letter, A4, end of!" Obviously, substitute your paper size of choice. It probably even lends itself to some form of scripting and perhaps could be changed in reaction to events from say NetworkManager. Whatever.

My life at home is now worth living every time the wife hits print. Such a simple idea - brilliant.