Re: groff 1.24.0.rc2 on other platforms

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:07:56 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
Message-ID	<20260127220756.pxtzohhsxbm6bord@illithid>

At 2026-01-27T21:31:42+0000, Deri wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 January 2026 21:09:37 GMT G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > "Inline::C creates a work directory in your home directory called
> > "_Inline", if you would prefer it used somewhere else then set
> > environment variable PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY to a writeable directory."
> > 
> > Is this a commonplace convention in the Perl community, or something
> > you innovated for gropdf?
[...]
> The Inline man page says:-
> 
> =========================================================================
>    The Inline ’directory’
>      Inline needs a place to build your code and to install the  results
>      of  the  build.  It  uses a single directory named '.Inline/' under
>      normal circumstances. If you create this directory in your home di‐
>      rectory, the current directory or in the directory where your  pro‐
>      gram  resides, Inline will find and use it. You can also specify it
>      in the environment variable "PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY" or directly  in
>      your  program,  by  using the "directory" keyword option. If Inline
>      cannot find the directory in any of these places it will  create  a
>      '_Inline/' directory in either your current directory or the direc‐
>      tory where your script resides.
> ==========================================================================
> 
> I could embed ~/.Inline in the code if that is considered better.

I personally think so, as it's more consistent with my expectations as a
Unix user of, uhh, over 30 years now.[1]

Even dot files and directories got numerous and cluttery over the years,
so people came up with the XDG Base Directory specification.

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir/latest/

But if Perl itself hasn't yet adopted that spec, I reckon it would be
better to stick with their default.

What do other folks on the list think?

Regards,
Branden

[1] I can _feel_ my hair graying when I say things like that.

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