xdg-prefs
A GUI program to view and change your default programs' preferences (which program should open which type of file) using the XDG Specifications (by rchaput)
platformdirs
A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a "user data dir". (by platformdirs)
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| 22 | 492 | |
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| 0.0 | 8.1 | |
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GrandTourer – a CLI tool for easily launching applications on macOS
Also, I saw that you're trying to find the app locations yourself. You may wanna use this instead: https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs
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Use the XDG Base Directory Specification
Start with pythons “projectdirs”, which refuses to allow mac systems to use XDG or at least have that option.
https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs/issues/4
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Help with yt-dlp config setup (mac)
I did my own research on what XDG_CONFIG_HOME means within macOS when setting up yt-dlp for macOS 13 (Ventura) but I couldn't find a very definitive answer. I found a thread on GitHub where someone says "Apple does not follow the XDG spec, so at best what I've seen is people roughly mapping it..." and that goes down too deep a rabbit hole for me.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xdg-prefs and platformdirs you can also consider the following projects:
boxxy - boxxy puts bad Linux applications in a box with only their files.
xdg-ninja - A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories.
dotfiles - Dotfiles
Cargo - The Rust package manager
neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
directories-rs - a mid-level library that provides config/cache/data paths, following the respective conventions on Linux, macOS and Windows
GrandTourer - Launch applications from the terminal on MacOS