Support XDG basedir spec for config file about inklingreader HOT 3 CLOSED

Should it store the config file at:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.inklingreaderrc

Or at:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inklingreader/config

According to this specification?

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Probably depends on your further plans - AFAIU the spec does not define further specific details about this.

Based on what other (e.g. GNOME or GTK-based) apps do, the config file(s) are stored in a subdir named like the app itself:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inklingreader/

The file name of the actual config file then seems to vary wildy (config.ini, ${app_name}rc, ${app_name}.xml, ${app_name}.cfg, etc).

If you only ever need a single file for the config, it probably could also be

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inklingreaderrc

i.e. a config file directly in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, not hidden (since the XDG user config dir is already hidden) - maybe peek into your ~/.config for more examples?

See also:
https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders
(has links to Glib utility functions, and other information).

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I've updated the code to use this specification. I think we only need one config file.
My system doesn't use XDG_CONFIG_HOME, so my config is located in ~/.config/inklingreaderrc.

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