use xdg dirs for config & data

~/.linkchecker is used instead of the xdg equivalents if the directory
exists (backward compatibility).

linkcheck/bookmarks/chrome.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+from xdg import xdg_config_home
 
 # Windows filename encoding
 nt_filename_encoding="mbcs"
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def get_profile_dir ():
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
             dirpath = os.path.join(basedir, u"Library", u"Application Support")
         else:
-            dirpath = os.path.join(basedir, u".config")
+            dirpath = xdg_config_home
         dirpath = os.path.join(dirpath, u"Google", u"Chrome")
     return dirpath
 

linkcheck/bookmarks/chromium.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import json
+from xdg import xdg_config_home
 
 
 # Windows filename encoding
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def get_profile_dir ():
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
             dirpath = os.path.join(basedir, u"Library", u"Application Support")
         else:
-            dirpath = os.path.join(basedir, u".config")
+            dirpath = xdg_config_home
         dirpath = os.path.join(dirpath, u"chromium")
     return dirpath
 

linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import _LinkChecker_configdata as configdata
 from .. import (log, LOG_CHECK, get_install_data, fileutil)
 from . import confparse
 from ..decorators import memoized
+from xdg.BaseDirectory import xdg_config_home, xdg_data_home
 
 Version = configdata.version
 ReleaseDate = configdata.release_date
@@ -365,9 +366,12 @@ class Configuration (dict):
 
 
 def get_plugin_folders():
-    """Get linkchecker plugin folders. Default is ~/.linkchecker/plugins/."""
+    """Get linkchecker plugin folders. Default is
+    $XDG_DATA_HOME/linkchecker/plugins/."""
     folders = []
-    defaultfolder = normpath("~/.linkchecker/plugins")
+    homedotfilefolder = normpath("~/.linkchecker/plugins")
+    defaultfolder = homedotfilefolder if os.path.isdir(homedotfilefolder) \
+        else os.path.join(xdg_data_home, "linkchecker", "plugins")
     if not os.path.exists(defaultfolder) and not Portable:
         try:
             make_userdir(defaultfolder)
@@ -403,7 +407,9 @@ def get_user_config():
     # initial config (with all options explained)
     initialconf = normpath(os.path.join(get_share_dir(), "linkcheckerrc"))
     # per user config settings
-    userconf = normpath("~/.linkchecker/linkcheckerrc")
+    homedotfile = normpath("~/.linkchecker/linkcheckerrc")
+    userconf = homedotfile if os.path.isfile(homedotfile) \
+        else os.path.join(xdg_config_home, "linkchecker", "linkcheckerrc")
     if os.path.isfile(initialconf) and not os.path.exists(userconf) and \
        not Portable:
         # copy the initial configuration to the user configuration

linkcheck/logger/blacklist.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ A blacklist logger.
 
 import os
 import codecs
+from xdg.BaseDirectory import xdg_data_home
 from . import _Logger
 
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class BlacklistLogger (_Logger):
     LoggerName = "blacklist"
 
     LoggerArgs = {
-        "filename": "~/.linkchecker/blacklist",
+        "filename": os.path.join(xdg_data_home, "linkchecker", "blacklist"),
     }
 
     def __init__ (self, **kwargs):

requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # required:
 requests<2.15,>=2.2
+xdg
 # optional:
 argcomplete

setup.py

@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ args = dict(
     # Requirements, usable with setuptools or the new Python packaging module.
     install_requires = [
         'requests<2.15,>=2.2',
+        'xdg',
     ],
     # Commented out since they are untested and not officially supported.
     # See also doc/install.txt for more detailed dependency documentation.