define the XDG_* dirs

partially fixes #23

defaults.yml

@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ special_user_fonts:
     main_file: "PermanentMarker-Regular.ttf"
   - url: "https://dl.dafont.com/dl/?f=campus"
     main_file: "CAMPUS PERSONAL USE.ttf"
+# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory#User_directories
+xdg_base_dirs:
+  - XDG_CONFIG_HOME: .config
+  - XDG_CACHE_HOME: .cache
+  - XDG_DATA_HOME: .local/share
+  - XDG_STATE_HOME: .local/state

roles/custom-scripts/tasks/main.yml

@@ -21,5 +21,12 @@
     state: directory
     mode: '0700'
 
+- name: create the xdg dir for the scripts
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ (ansible_user_dir, item.key) | path_join }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0700'
+  with_dict: "{{ xdg_base_dirs }}"
+
 - include_tasks: autoupdate_dotfiles.yml
 - include_tasks: april_fools.yml

roles/i3-install/tasks/main.yml

@@ -71,3 +71,10 @@
     name: systemd-timesyncd
     enabled: yes
   become: yes
+
+- name: persist the XDG_DIRS
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/security/pam_env.conf
+    line: "{{ item.key }}\tDEFAULT=@{HOME}/{{ item.value }}"
+  with_dict: "{{ xdg_base_dirs }}"
+  become: yes