From e4182431ce31b5fd02bf884329107b8d4a3f249d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: salmonik <salmonik@tuta.io>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:50:46 +0100
Subject: Config: store in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hl2hake/config

---
 src/menu.cpp | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/menu.cpp b/src/menu.cpp
index 11ed222..c3bb9ae 100644
--- a/src/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/menu.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ConMsg (tier0 console printer — prints to in-game console)
@@ -192,11 +193,28 @@ static void rebuild_visible() {
 // config persistence (INI format)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+static void mkdir_p(const std::string &path) {
+  for (size_t i = 1; i <= path.size(); i++) {
+    if (i != path.size() && path[i] != '/')
+      continue;
+    std::string p = path.substr(0, i);
+    if (!p.empty() && p != "/")
+      mkdir(p.c_str(), 0755);
+  }
+}
+
 static std::string config_path() {
-  size_t slash = g_engine.path.find_last_of('/');
-  if (slash == std::string::npos)
-    return "hl2hake.cfg";
-  return g_engine.path.substr(0, slash + 1) + "hl2hake.cfg";
+  const char *xdg = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+  std::string base;
+  if (xdg && *xdg) {
+    base = xdg;
+  } else {
+    const char *home = getenv("HOME");
+    base = (home && *home) ? std::string(home) + "/.config" : ".";
+  }
+  std::string dir = base + "/hl2hake";
+  mkdir_p(dir);
+  return dir + "/config";
 }
 
 [[maybe_unused]] static const char *sdl_scancode_name(int sc) {
@@ -802,6 +820,7 @@ static ISurface *find_surface_interface() {
 
 void install_menu() {
   build_tree();
+  logf("config: %s", config_path().c_str());
   config_load();
   // resolve ISurface once (used by the DrawPrintText hook in hl2h.cpp and
   // by outer_draw). DrawPrintText hook is installed from hkdCreateMove.
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