elementary OS

Set XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to home directory since it isn't relevant in elementary

Bug #1575620 reported by Antoine GRÉA on 2016-04-27

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	elementary OS	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned	elementary OS juno-beta1

Bug Description

Since elementary doesn't have any desktop folder, would it be wise to set the variable XDG_DESKTOP_DIR in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to the value "$HOME/" by default, in order to prevent the création of the folder "Desktop" in home directories?
I think the locale migration process should take that into account too.

Danielle Foré (danrabbit) on 2016-10-12

Changed in elementaryos:
milestone:	none → juno-beta1
status:	New → Confirmed

Cody Garver (codygarver) on 2016-10-30

Changed in elementaryos:
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Zisu Andrei (matzipan) on 2016-11-03

summary:

- set XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to home directory since it isn't relevant in
+ Set XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to home directory since it isn't relevant in
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