Install Glow binary at $HOME/.local/bin as per Freedesktop.org XDG standards about glow.nvim

[ellisonleao]

I've been honestly struggling with this issue for quite some time. Unfortunately, I don't see a clear consensus on what should be the de facto path for local binary folders. I see:

• /usr/local/bin as one of the most used (but this requires root access)
• [$HOME/.local/bin] for modern distros (Debian based mostly) which you provided the XDG page
• $HOME/bin - I just choose this one for now but I am always open for ideas. Let's wait for other opinions here and maybe check which folder people are really using right now

[mystilleef]

I've been honestly struggling with this issue for quite some time. Unfortunately, I don't see a clear consensus on what should be the de facto path for local binary folders. I see:

• /usr/local/bin as one of the most used (but this requires root access)
• [$HOME/.local/bin] for modern distros (Debian based mostly) which you provided the XDG page
• $HOME/bin - I just choose this one for now but I am always open for ideas. Let's wait for other opinions here and maybe check which folder people are really using right now

I don't know any major Linux distro that uses anything other than $HOME/.local/bin, or $HOME/.local/usr/bin, for local installation without admin privileges. All major distros follow the XDG spec which is backed by GNOME, KDE, RedHat, OpenSuse, and Debian based distros.

[academo]

$HOME/.local/usr/bin is standard and mentioned in the XDG specification https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

Beyond that, you can also allow this to come in a configurable way:

• allow to configure the existing glow binary path
• allow to configure the path to use to download the glow binary if not existing
• allow to configure to simply try to use glow from the existing $PATH (do not attempt to install)

[ellisonleao]

yeah, i am leaning towards having a default path (probably ~/.local/usr/bin or ~/.local/bin) and make that path configurable. Thanks for the feedback guys

[ellisonleao]

we now have g:glow_binary_path which can be used as the binary destination. It defaults to $HOME/.local/bin. :GlowInstall will use it to download and extract over there. If everything goes ok on your side can we close this one?

[mystilleef]

we now have g:glow_binary_path which can be used as the binary destination. It defaults to $HOME/.local/bin. :GlowInstall will use it to download and extract over there. If everything goes ok on your side can we close this one?

It's fixed. I'll close. Great job!