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authorChristian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>2020-01-06 16:14:59 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-01-06 16:14:59 +0000
commit18836f20ddad440a059989076e782b9633d95f39 (patch)
treeb555f88e398d30826144f01d9b609bf0c29d5341 /extra
parent7fd17ab0dd30d9b14318578e4ca7d8da9c6c91d0 (diff)
Fix incorrect config path in --help and manpage
Fixes #3154.
Diffstat (limited to 'extra')
-rw-r--r--extra/alacritty.man10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/extra/alacritty.man b/extra/alacritty.man
index 9ec2b02e..62c1eb44 100644
--- a/extra/alacritty.man
+++ b/extra/alacritty.man
@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ Defines the window class hint on Linux [default: Alacritty,Alacritty ]
Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
.TP
\fB\-\-config\-file\fR <config\-file>
-Specify alternative configuration file [default: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml]
+Specify alternative configuration file
+
+Alacritty looks for the configuration file at the following paths:
+ 1. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml
+ 2. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml
+ 3. $HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
+ 4. $HOME/.alacritty.yml
+
+On Windows, the configuration file is located at %APPDATA%\\alacritty\\alacritty.yml.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-dimensions\fR <columns> <lines>
Defines the window dimensions. Falls back to size specified by window manager if set to 0x0 [default: 0x0]