What ~/.config refers to and how to put files there?
~
is your home directory, usually /home/username
. A file or folder name starting with a .
is the Linux version of a hidden file/folder. So ~/.config
is a hidden folder within your home directory. Open up your file browser to your home folder, then find the option to show hidden files and folders. If you don't see .config
, you'll have to create it. Then navigate into it, find or create the geany
folder, go into that, then find or create a folder named filedefs
. You can then put the relevant files into there.
.config is a convention, defined by XDG Base Directory Specification see also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1024114/location-of-ini-config-files-in-linux-unix
~/.config
is the directory .config
within your home directory (~
is shorthand for that directory).