Add function to load configuration file respecting `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`
Here is a prototype:
import os
import pathlib
def load_user_defaults(path: pathlib.Path) -> exposed.rc.UserDefaults:
"""Loads user defaults from its default location.
This function respects `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`, as the base directory where
configuration files sit.
Parameters:
path: subpath, inside `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`, where to read the configuration
file from
Returns:
The user configuration, read out from the configuration file.
"""
from exposed import rc
config_env = os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
if config_env is None:
config_dir = pathlib.Path.home() / ".config"
else:
config_dir = pathlib.Path(config_env)
return rc.UserDefaults(config_dir / path)