User-level instance of /bin in PATH

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On 07/26/2011 08:03 AM, Misha Shnurapet wrote:
> 26.07.2011, 18:34, "Andrew Haley" <aph at redhat.com>:
>> On 26/07/11 10:22, Misha Shnurapet wrote:
>>
>>>  Since F15 ~/bin has been added to PATH, and commands that are
>>>  supposed to run user scripts will work without changing into that
>>>  directory. Meanwhile, ~/.local/bin isn't used. I'd like to propose
>>>  that it is also added because technically it is ~/bin's brother.
>>
>> I've never heard of ~/.local/bin .  Are there many people who use
>> this?  ~/bin is common.
> 
> ~/.local/bin has been there by default.
> 
> Unlike ~/bin, which is in PATH though not even created.
> 

  Where in the path do the user 'bin' elements appear in the path?