Module etcetera::base_strategy

These strategies simply provide the user’s configuration, data, and cache directories, without knowing about the application specifically.

Structs

• Apple
  This is the strategy created by Apple for use on macOS and iOS devices. It is always used by GUI apps on macOS, and is sometimes used by command-line applications there too. iOS only has GUIs, so all iOS applications follow this strategy. The specification is available here.
• Windows
  This strategy follows Windows’ conventions. It seems that all Windows GUI apps, and some command-line ones follow this pattern. The specification is available here.
• Xdg
  This strategy implements the XDG Base Directories Specification. It is the most common on Linux, but is increasingly being adopted elsewhere.

Traits

• BaseStrategy
  Provides configuration, data, and cache directories of the current user.

Functions

• choose_base_strategy
  Returns the current OS’s default BaseStrategy. This uses the Windows strategy on Windows, and Xdg everywhere else. This is the convention used by most CLI applications.
• choose_native_strategy
  Returns the current OS’s native BaseStrategy. This uses the Windows strategy on Windows, Apple on macOS & iOS, and Xdg everywhere else. This is the convention used by most GUI applications.