Fixed #77.

resources/text/CHANGELOG

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 —————
 
 Changed:
+▪ (Linux only) Primary user data/config storage is now undex $HOME/.config. XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable is respected. If old user data is detected, then old user data path is used.
 ▪ RSS Guard now uses "_" character as localization file names separator. (issue #75)
 ▪ Localizations are now placed in "translations" subfolder instead of "l10n" subfolder. (issue #75)
 

src/miscellaneous/application.cpp

@@ -186,6 +186,24 @@ void Application::setMainForm(FormMain *main_form) {
   m_mainForm = main_form;
 }
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+QString Application::getXdgConfigHomePath() {
+  // TODO: Return ".config" folder on Linux.
+  // XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+  // Where user-specific configurations should be written (analogous to /etc).
+  // Should default to $HOME/.config.
+
+  const QString xdgConfigHome = qgetenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+
+  if (xdgConfigHome.isEmpty()) {
+    return qgetenv("HOME") + QDir::separator() + ".config";
+  }
+  else {
+    return xdgConfigHome;
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
 QString Application::tempFolderPath() {
   return IOFactory::getSystemFolder(QStandardPaths::TempLocation);
 }

src/miscellaneous/application.h

@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ class Application : public QtSingleApplication {
     QString documentsFolderPath();
     QString homeFolderPath();
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+    QString getXdgConfigHomePath();
+#endif
+
     void setMainForm(FormMain *main_form);
 
     void backupDatabaseSettings(bool backup_database, bool backup_settings,

src/miscellaneous/settings.cpp

@@ -322,8 +322,21 @@ QString Settings::getAppPathUserFolder() {
   return qApp->applicationDirPath() + QDir::separator() + QSL("data");
 }
 
+
+
 QString Settings::getHomeUserFolder() {
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+  QString home_folder = qApp->homeFolderPath() + QDir::separator() + QString(APP_LOW_H_NAME) + QDir::separator() + QSL("data");
+
+  if (QDir().exists(home_folder)) {
+    return home_folder;
+  }
+  else {
+    return qApp->getXdgConfigHomePath() + QDir::separator() + QString(APP_LOW_NAME);
+  }
+#else
   return qApp->homeFolderPath() + QDir::separator() + QString(APP_LOW_H_NAME) + QDir::separator() + QSL("data");
+#endif
 }
 
 Settings *Settings::setupSettings(QObject *parent) {