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Re:Dotfile Madness by hyperupcall on Monday October 24, 2022 @12:27AM (#33312935)
Hmm, that's why I said inherent? Because as you mentioned there is a separate macOS directory structure and the system utilities don't follow the specification. Also, the specification is only written for Linux in mind, which is why I said "not inherent for macOS.

Is there an exact phrasing you would prefer?

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Re:Dotfile Madness by alwillis on Monday October 24, 2022 @01:12AM (#33313156)
The short explanation is native GUI apps that use the macOS frameworks use the classic macOS directory structure.

The classic Unix utilities and apps typically use $HOME on macOS, while their modern, often Rust-based replacements—WezTerm, Exa, fd, broot, Fish, etc.—use XDG.

Vim uses ~/.vimrc while Neovim uses XDG.

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Re:Dotfile Madness by hyperupcall on Monday October 24, 2022 @12:23PM (#33318743)
I asked for an exact phrasing, not for an explanation, because I have already written exactly that under the "Should I do this on macOS?" heading...
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