Correct usage of XDG-Directory standard about broot HOT 4 CLOSED

This makes sense.

I won't do it immediately as there's a non zero probability the crossterm experiment will make the script useless but I keep the issue around for later.

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A problem with using /usr/share: you typically need to be super user to write there.

As the goal is just to have a piece of configuration, a 10 lines shell function which could have been directly in the .bashrc (or equivalent) file, this looks overly constraining for the user.

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When broot detects the script isn't here, it proposes to install it.

It could propose another option: to relaunch with appropriate rights and with an argument giving the path in which to install the launcher.

Such an option could be used by installers too.

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If I got this correctly, your problem right now is that you want to use /usr/share/ which is protected. So if this is the case, why don't simply use the next list entry in $XDG_DATA_DIRS? Usually this should be then $XDG_DATA_HOME of the user? If you still want to make it precise, ask the user in a dialog if he is fine with that, or if he wants to rerun it with root permissions. What do you think?

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