--- title: Vim Lands XDG Base Directory Specification Support description: Vim has added support for the XDG Base Directory Specification after a 7-year-old bug report was closed. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vim-lands-xdg-base-directory-specification-support-qwngdughs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vim Lands XDG Base Directory Specification Support | daily.dev og:description: Vim has added support for the XDG Base Directory Specification after a 7-year-old bug report was closed. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vim-lands-xdg-base-directory-specification-support-qwngdughs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QWnGDuGhs.png og:image:alt: Vim Lands XDG Base Directory Specification Support og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Vim Lands XDG Base Directory Specification Support **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Vim has added support for the XDG Base Directory Specification after a 7-year-old bug report was closed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#vim](https://daily.dev/tags/vim) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vim-lands-xdg-base-directory-specification-support-qwngdughs) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Vim Lands XDG Base Directory Specification Support","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vim-lands-xdg-base-directory-specification-support-qwngdughs","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vim-lands-xdg-base-directory-specification-support-qwngdughs"},"datePublished":"2024-04-15T10:39:11.301Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:03:37.463Z","description":"Vim has added support for the XDG Base Directory Specification after a 7-year-old bug report was closed.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f6b03ea6888cf82b60a382589570edc?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f6b03ea6888cf82b60a382589570edc?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/vim-lands-xdg-base-directory-specification-support-qwngdughs","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"vim","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Vim Lands XDG Base Directory Specification Support"}]} ```