From 89c93dd4f739e841ccf899a56655e4315ead0647 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ari Vuollet <ari.vuollet@goat.moe>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:52:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use XDG user directories on Linux special paths

---
 .../Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp | 24 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp b/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp
index 9b31dc28f..4293985fa 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp
@@ -338,17 +338,35 @@ void LinuxFileSystem::GetSpecialFolderPath(const SpecialFolder type, String& res
     switch (type)
     {
     case SpecialFolder::Desktop:
-        result = home / TEXT("Desktop");
+    {
+        String desktopDir;
+        if (!Platform::GetEnvironmentVariable(TEXT("XDG_DESKTOP_DIR"), desktopDir))
+            result = desktopDir;
+        else
+            result = home / TEXT("Desktop");
         break;
+    }
     case SpecialFolder::Documents:
         result = String::Empty;
         break;
     case SpecialFolder::Pictures:
-        result = home / TEXT("Pictures");
+    {
+        String picturesDir;
+        if (!Platform::GetEnvironmentVariable(TEXT("XDG_PICTURES_DIR"), picturesDir))
+            result = picturesDir;
+        else
+            result = home / TEXT("Pictures");
         break;
+    }
     case SpecialFolder::AppData:
-        result = TEXT("/usr/share");
+    {
+        String configHome;
+        if (!Platform::GetEnvironmentVariable(TEXT("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"), configHome))
+            result = configHome;
+        else
+            result = home / TEXT(".config");
         break;
+    }
     case SpecialFolder::LocalAppData:
     {
         String dataHome;