[Bug 121949] SYSUSERCONFIG should default to $HOME/.config and not to $HOME

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121949

Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org> ---
If someone wants to play with this, you have to:

- open a terminal
- see if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set:

]$ echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME

if nothing is echoed, then it is unset.

- if unset, export it so that it points to $HOME/.config:

]$ export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config

- then launch AOO from this terminal:

]$ /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice

Go to the menu Tools - Options... - OpenOffice.org - Paths. It should show the
user paths pointing to $HOME/.config

So far everything seems to work.
The problem I see is the naming:

$HOME/.config/.openoffice.org/3/user

a) a hidden folder inside a hidden folder does not make sense
b) too many folders: 
1) .openoffice, 
2) the major version 3, 
3) user

I wonder if the 3/user is needed at all. If you start AOO with the
-env:UserInstallation switch pointing to a folder, it only writes into that
folder; so why this "user" folder inside ".openoffice.org/3/" ?

In short, if we choose this approach, we should simplify it (if possible);
something like

$HOME/.config/openoffice4

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