<varlistentry>
<term><filename>~/.config/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>Application configuration and state. When a
- new user is created, this directory will be empty or not exist
- at all. Applications should fall back to defaults should their
- configuration or state in this directory be missing. If an
- application finds <varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname> set, it
- should use the directory specified in it instead of this
- directory.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Application configuration. When a new user is created, this directory will be empty
+ or not exist at all. Applications should fall back to defaults should their configuration in this
+ directory be missing. If an application finds <varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname> set, it should use
+ the directory specified in it instead of this directory.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
directory.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>~/.local/state/</filename></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Application state. When a new user is created, this directory will be empty or not
+ exist at all. Applications should fall back to defaults should their state in this directory be
+ missing. If an application finds <varname>$XDG_STATE_HOME</varname> set, it should use the directory
+ specified in it instead of this directory.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>