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All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by wet_lettuce@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.

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[–] exu@feditown.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And even if the program doesn't use config files (like various gnome, xfce and other programs), it should be possible to programmatically export and import full or partial configurations.

[–] lemmyvore 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

But don't Gnome and XFCE have CLI commands that can get and set their config values?

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe, but I'm not setting the option using the CLI commands. Using a separate command for every option isn't really easy to keep updated or modify.