Re: [PATCH] Implement XDG Base Directory specification for user-emacs-directory

[Stefan Monnier]

> I’ve attached my first try at this.  At first it was only concerned with
> lisp/startup.el—like ESR’s change—but then I thought it would be even
> nicer to do it at the user-emacs-directory itself.

I think conceptually, this is indeed the better way to go.
Eli's comments already pointed out some technical difficulties you'll
have to overcome, so I'll limit myself to one more comment:

> * lisp/subr.el (user-emacs-directory): Use "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/"
>   if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set and has an "emacs/" subdirectory.
>   Otherwise, try "~/.config/emacs/" before falling back to
>   "~/.emacs.d/".

I think for simple reasons of backward compatibility, if both
"$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/" and "~/.emacs.d/" exist, we should use
"~/.emacs.d/".


        Stefan