-*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Apr 15
+*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Apr 19
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
The XDG Base Directory Specification aims to define a standard location for
configuration files used by applications. This is mainly done to prevent
-the legacy behavior of dumping everything into the users home directory.
+the legacy behavior of dumping everything into the user's home directory.
The specification can be found online at
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/
variables weren't set.
This is not an exhaustive list of those directories:
- Environment var default location Description ~
+ Environment var Default location Description ~
`$XDG_CACHE_HOME` $HOME/.cache Ephemeral data files
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` $HOME/.config Configuration files
`$XDG_DATA_HOME` $HOME/.local/share Persistent data files
`$XDG_STATE_HOME` $HOME/.local/state State data files
-Vim will only care of the `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` directory, the others are not
+Vim will only use the `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` directory, the others are not
(yet) used for its various configuration and state files.
*xdg-vimrc*