On Sunday 06 August 2017 13.05:13 deloptes wrote:
> Perhaps you want to have a look at XDG (freedesktop) specs
>
> https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
>
> Gnome recent follows this as most other newer desktops do.
>
> regards

Yes, that's the root of the problem. Obviously no one works with two desktop 
managers, so whatever desktop manager you use reads the xdg configuration.

What I've done so far is:

- create another user
- copy (duplicate) my first user's home directoyr in the second's
- removes as much as possible by replacing the stuff with links

It works provided I accept to open all these directories r/w to the users 
group. I imagine I could get more security by making my two users member of a 
special group.

Seems to work quite well and, as  wofgdkncxojef said, I can switch between the 
two users. Is probably the best solution for now.

Thierry