@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ap/path-configured t))
 
 ;;; Customize
 
-(setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")
+(setq custom-file (expand-file-name "custom.el" user-emacs-directory))
 (load custom-file :noerror :nomessage)
 
 (use-package crux
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@
 ;; I like to keep my backups out of regular folders.  I tell emacs to use
 ;; a subfolder of its configuration directory for that.  Also, use the
 ;; trash for deleting on OS X.
-(let ((backup-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/backups/")))
+(let ((backup-dir (expand-file-name "emacs" (or (getenv "XDG_DATA_HOME")
+                                                "~/.local/share"))))
   (unless (file-directory-p backup-dir)
     (make-directory backup-dir))
   (setq backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,backup-dir))

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    home.file.".emacs.d/eshell/alias" = {
+    xdg.configFile."emacs/eshell/alias" = {
       recursive = true;
       text = concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (k: v: "alias ${k} ${v}") cfg.eshell.aliases);
     };

@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ ];
   home.sessionVariables = {
     EDITOR = "${editorScript}/bin/edit";
   };
-  home.file.".emacs.d/init.el" = {
+  xdg.configFile."emacs/init.el" = {
     source = ../emacs/init.el;
     onChange = ''
-      ${config.programs.emacs.finalPackage}/bin/emacs -Q -batch -f batch-byte-compile .emacs.d/init.el
+      ${config.programs.emacs.finalPackage}/bin/emacs -Q -batch -f batch-byte-compile .config/emacs/init.el
     '';
   };