Request: Include XDG_BIN_HOME

[Samueru-sama]

As the title says, add the option to check for $XDG_BIN_HOME and if it is not defined a default of $HOME/.local/bin is returned.

While XDG_BIN_HOME is not technically in the spec, it is used by thousands of applications already and is mentioned on the NixOS wiki

[xplshn]

Would be very much appreciated for https://github.com/xplshn/aisap

[adrg]

@Samueru-sama @xplshn That seems like a good addition to the library.

However, I need to find suitable defaults for macOS and Windows, as all paths provided by the package define defaults for all operating systems.

• For Windows, the default path would be the FOLDERID_UserProgramFiles known folder which defaults to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs.
• For macOS I'm thinking either $HOME/bin or $HOME/.local/bin. Both are non-standard but /usr/local/bin, where users seem to be encouraged to place their binary files is common to all users and it's not located in the user's home directory as the $XDG_BIN_HOME environment variable suggests.

[xplshn]

And let's not forget Plan 9, which has /usr/$user/bin :)

[adrg]

And let's not forget Plan 9, which has /usr/$user/bin :)

That should be equivalent to $home/bin right? Because that's what I was thinking of using for Plan 9.

[xplshn]

And let's not forget Plan 9, which has /usr/$user/bin :)

That should be equivalent to $home/bin right? Because that's what I was thinking of using for Plan 9.

Yes, I'm on 9front and most people usually put the executables there :)
But on plan 9 we can have subdirectories in the dirs of our "path" (not really, we don't have a $PATH, it works in a different manner)

[adrg]

Yes, I'm on 9front and most people usually put the executables there :) But on plan 9 we can have subdirectories in the dirs of our "path" (not really, we don't have a $PATH, it works in a different manner)

Great, then $home/bin it is. I ran Plan 9 in a virtual machine when I first added support for it to get a feel of where things are supposed to go.

So we got Linux, Windows and Plan 9 covered.
For macOS, I'm not sure. I'm leaning towards $HOME/.local/bin for consistency and the fact that at least it's a hidden directory. From what I can tell Neovim is already using that directory on macOS (https://superuser.com/questions/1692493/what-is-local-folder-in-mac-os-used-for).