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<div class="blurb">The XDG Base Directory Standard provides a clean and robust specification
for storing and retrieving user specific and system wide application configuration and
other support files.</div>
<div class="blurb">XDG is your ticket to a clean and robust solution for
locating user specific and system wide configuration and support files.</div>

<h2>What is this all about?</h2>

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standard, applications can find and store application specific support files
(eg. config files, data caches, etc.) in a universal, clean and robust fashion.
The advantages of this standard is that all such files will be found in central
locations easily descernable by man and machine. And, if widely adopted, XDG can
locations easily discernible by man and machine. And, if widely adopted, XDG can
clear up our HOME directories of all those pesky hidden files.</p>

<p>See <a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html">
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<h2>Why should I use the XDG standard?</h2>

<p>If your program depends on user-relative or sytem-wide support
<p>If your program depends on user-relative or system-wide support
files, it will be much improved by using the XDG Base Directory Standard. Not
only does it provide a clean yet flexible standard, it also makes your
life easier. The <code>#find</code> and <code>#select</code> methods make it a
snap to locate support files.</p>

<p>XDG make it easy to enable your applicaiton's users to create user-centic or
<p>XDG make it easy to enable your application's users to create user-centric or
system-centric configuration and support files, and store those files where they
see fit --whether in the standard locations or locations of personal preference.</p>

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