Respect local environment configuration for app file storage

changes/2867.bugfix.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Desktop backends now respect user and system environment configuration (XDG base directories on Linux; `%LOCALAPPDATA%` on Windows) for application storage paths.

gtk/src/toga_gtk/paths.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from toga import App
@@ -8,13 +9,26 @@ def __init__(self, interface):
         self.interface = interface
 
     def get_config_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".config/{App.app.app_name}"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".config"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+        )
 
     def get_data_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".local/share/{App.app.app_name}"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/share"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+        )
 
     def get_cache_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".cache/{App.app.app_name}"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".cache"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+        )
 
     def get_logs_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".local/state/{App.app.app_name}/log"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_STATE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/state"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+            / "log"
+        )

gtk/tests_backend/app.py

@@ -37,19 +37,31 @@ def __init__(self, app):
 
     @property
     def config_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".config/testbed"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".config"))
+            / "testbed"
+        )
 
     @property
     def data_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".local/share/testbed"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/share"))
+            / "testbed"
+        )
 
     @property
     def cache_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".cache/testbed"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".cache"))
+            / "testbed"
+        )
 
     @property
     def logs_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".local/state/testbed/log"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_STATE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/state"))
+            / "testbed/log"
+        )
 
     @property
     def is_cursor_visible(self):

qt/src/toga_qt/paths.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from toga import App
@@ -8,13 +9,26 @@ def __init__(self, interface):
         self.interface = interface
 
     def get_config_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".config/{App.app.app_name}"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".config"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+        )
 
     def get_data_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".local/share/{App.app.app_name}"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/share"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+        )
 
     def get_cache_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".cache/{App.app.app_name}"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".cache"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+        )
 
     def get_logs_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / f".local/state/{App.app.app_name}/log"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_STATE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/state"))
+            / App.app.app_name
+            / "log"
+        )

qt/tests_backend/app.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import PIL.Image
@@ -37,19 +38,31 @@ def __init__(self, app):
 
     @property
     def config_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".config/testbed-qt"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".config"))
+            / "testbed-qt"
+        )
 
     @property
     def data_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".local/share/testbed-qt"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/share"))
+            / "testbed-qt"
+        )
 
     @property
     def cache_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".cache/testbed-qt"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".cache"))
+            / "testbed-qt"
+        )
 
     @property
     def logs_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / ".local/state/testbed-qt/log"
+        return (
+            Path(os.environ.get("XDG_STATE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/state"))
+            / "testbed-qt/log"
+        )
 
     @property
     def is_cursor_visible(self):

textual/src/toga_textual/paths.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import sys
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -33,7 +34,10 @@ def _app_dir(self):
             # No coverage testing of this because we can't easily configure
             # the app to have no author.
             author = "Unknown" if App.app.author is None else App.app.author
-            return Path.home() / f"AppData/Local/{author}/{App.app.formal_name}"
+            base_dir = Path(
+                os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA") or (Path.home() / "AppData/Local")
+            )
+            return base_dir / author / App.app.formal_name
 
         # The rest are cached at the interface level:
 
@@ -56,13 +60,26 @@ def __init__(self, interface):
             self.interface = interface
 
         def get_config_path(self):
-            return Path.home() / f".config/{App.app.app_name}"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".config"))
+                / App.app.app_name
+            )
 
         def get_data_path(self):
-            return Path.home() / f".local/share/{App.app.app_name}"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/share"))
+                / App.app.app_name
+            )
 
         def get_cache_path(self):
-            return Path.home() / f".cache/{App.app.app_name}"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".cache"))
+                / App.app.app_name
+            )
 
         def get_logs_path(self):
-            return Path.home() / f".local/state/{App.app.app_name}/log"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_STATE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/state"))
+                / App.app.app_name
+                / "log"
+            )

textual/tests_backend/app.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -35,41 +36,59 @@ def __init__(self, app):
         self.app = app
         assert isinstance(self.app._impl.native, TextualApp)
 
+    @property
+    def _win32_app_dir(self):
+        base_dir = Path(os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA", Path.home() / "AppData/Local"))
+        return base_dir / AUTHOR / FORMAL_NAME
+
     @property
     def config_path(self):
         if sys.platform == "darwin":
             return Path.home() / f"Library/Preferences/{APP_ID}"
         elif sys.platform == "win32":
-            return Path.home() / f"AppData/Local/{AUTHOR}/{FORMAL_NAME}/Config"
+            return self._win32_app_dir / "Config"
         else:
-            return Path.home() / f".config/{APP_NAME}"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".config"))
+                / APP_NAME
+            )
 
     @property
     def data_path(self):
         if sys.platform == "darwin":
             return Path.home() / f"Library/Application Support/{APP_ID}"
         elif sys.platform == "win32":
-            return Path.home() / f"AppData/Local/{AUTHOR}/{FORMAL_NAME}/Data"
+            return self._win32_app_dir / "Data"
         else:
-            return Path.home() / f".local/share/{APP_NAME}"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/share"))
+                / APP_NAME
+            )
 
     @property
     def cache_path(self):
         if sys.platform == "darwin":
             return Path.home() / f"Library/Caches/{APP_ID}"
         elif sys.platform == "win32":
-            return Path.home() / f"AppData/Local/{AUTHOR}/{FORMAL_NAME}/Cache"
+            return self._win32_app_dir / "Cache"
         else:
-            return Path.home() / f".cache/{APP_NAME}"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".cache"))
+                / APP_NAME
+            )
 
     @property
     def logs_path(self):
         if sys.platform == "darwin":
             return Path.home() / f"Library/Logs/{APP_ID}"
         elif sys.platform == "win32":
-            return Path.home() / f"AppData/Local/{AUTHOR}/{FORMAL_NAME}/Logs"
+            return self._win32_app_dir / "Logs"
         else:
-            return Path.home() / f".local/state/{APP_NAME}/log"
+            return (
+                Path(os.environ.get("XDG_STATE_HOME") or (Path.home() / ".local/state"))
+                / APP_NAME
+                / "log"
+            )
 
     async def assert_event_loop(self):
         pytest.skip("Event loop assertions are not implemented on Textual.")

winforms/src/toga_winforms/paths.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ def _app_dir(self):
         # No coverage testing of this because we can't easily configure
         # the app to have no author.
         author = "Unknown" if App.app.author is None else App.app.author
-        return Path.home() / f"AppData/Local/{author}/{App.app.formal_name}"
+        base_dir = Path(os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA", Path.home() / "AppData/Local"))
+        return base_dir / author / App.app.formal_name
 
     # The rest are cached at the interface level:
 

winforms/tests_backend/app.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import _overlapped
 import asyncio
 import ctypes
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from time import sleep
 from unittest.mock import Mock
@@ -90,21 +91,26 @@ async def assert_event_loop(self):
 
         await self.assert_event_loop_scheduling(loop)
 
+    @property
+    def _app_dir(self):
+        base_dir = Path(os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA", Path.home() / "AppData/Local"))
+        return base_dir / "Tiberius Yak/Toga Testbed"
+
     @property
     def config_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / "AppData/Local/Tiberius Yak/Toga Testbed/Config"
+        return self._app_dir / "Config"
 
     @property
     def data_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / "AppData/Local/Tiberius Yak/Toga Testbed/Data"
+        return self._app_dir / "Data"
 
     @property
     def cache_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / "AppData/Local/Tiberius Yak/Toga Testbed/Cache"
+        return self._app_dir / "Cache"
 
     @property
     def logs_path(self):
-        return Path.home() / "AppData/Local/Tiberius Yak/Toga Testbed/Logs"
+        return self._app_dir / "Logs"
 
     @property
     def is_cursor_visible(self):