Reconsider configuration folder structure

[Samq64]

I know it's too late in the development cycle an things will likely never change but why is the configuration file structure the way it is? I understand the v1 subfolders but why prefix everything with com.system76 and have so many single line files with some of them just being states?

I would prefer something like below and moving state-only files to .local/state:

cosmic
├── applets/
│   ├── audio.conf
│   ├── time.conf
├── AppLibrary.conf
├── CosmicBackground.conf
├── CosmicComp.conf
├── CosmicFiles/
│   ├── desktop.conf
│   ├── favorites.conf
│   └── tab.conf
├─ CosmicPanel/
|   ├── entries.conf
|   ├── panel.conf
│   └── dock.conf
├─ portal
│   └── screenshot.conf
├── CosmicSettings
|       ├── shortcuts
|       |      └── custom.conf
|       └── wallpaper.conf
├── CosmicThem
|       ├── Mode.conf
|       ├── Dark.conf
|       └── Light.conf
└── CosmicTk.conf

[mmstick]

why prefix everything with com.system76

This is how AppIDs are written, with reverse domain name notation. GNOME uses org.gnome.APP, Mozilla uses org.mozilla.APP, and KDE uses org.kde.APP. Our domain is com.system76.

[why] have so many single line files

Applications subscribe to the specific fields that they're interested in, either directly with an inotify watcher, or through cosmic-settings-daemon. cosmic-settings-daemon uses inotify to watch for changes to cosmic-config files, and then applications that subscribe to those fields get notified to reload those values.

some of them just being states

States are stored in ~/.local/state/cosmic/. It is watched and structured the same as ~/.config/cosmic/.