python - How should I create and read a user editable configuration file in ~/.config or similar?

Question

I am planning a command line Python application that I intend to distribute through PyPi.

When the application is installed with pip, I want to create a user-editable configuration file in the appropriate location on the user's filesystem.

For example, in Ubuntu, the file would be something like ~/.config/foo/config.ini

On installation I want to create the file (if possible) and be able to specify another config file to use instead with a command line parameter.

What is the usual scheme for getting this done?

Answer 1

I think appdirs package on PyPI is what you need, isn’t it?