On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 09:45:09PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 09:11:20AM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > > I do not think that this is the right way to look at this. To me the > > logic is that we search both in "config" locations, as it is where the > > system/user may place an htmlxref.cnf files, and we search there first, > > and in "data", which is where the default from texi2any is installed. > > It may be too complicated and confusing to look in both. Do any other > programs look for the same file in both "config" and "data" locations?
I think that I have seen that in discussions, but more importantly, it makes sense and it is our practice. > The current draft of the documentation lists 13 different locations > that are checked which is a bit overwhelming. Indeed, I agree that it is too much. I propose to drop the hardcoded paths, leading to (after the locations in *HOME): XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/texinfo $sysconfdir/texinfo/ or $sysconfdir/xdg/texinfo/ XDG_DATA_DIRS/texinfo $datadir/texinfo/ We won't follow exactly the XDG base directory standard, but it is better, in my opinion to be consistent with installation paths. If this is ok, there remains to decide $sysconfdir/texinfo/ or $sysconfdir/xdg/texinfo/ I have no real preference. -- Pat
