changeset 2518:8d368d89a7c0

Minor doc update - config file locations
author Colin Clark <colin.clark@cclark.uk>
date Sun, 02 Jul 2017 19:46:19 +0100
parents 8057b4b9fe34
children 4d1bf123eeed
files doc/docbook/GuideOptionsGeneral.xml doc/docbook/GuideReferenceConfig.xml
diffstat 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/docbook/GuideOptionsGeneral.xml	Thu Jun 29 11:05:59 2017 +0100
+++ b/doc/docbook/GuideOptionsGeneral.xml	Sun Jul 02 19:46:19 2017 +0100
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Enable this to save thumbnails to disk, subsequent requests for a thumbnail will be faster. Thumbnails are cached into:
-            <programlisting>$HOME/.cache/.geeqie/thumbnails</programlisting>
+            <programlisting>$XDG_CACHE_HOME/geeqie/thumbnails/</programlisting>
+            <programlisting>($~/.cache/geeqie/thumbnails/)</programlisting>
             Refer to
             <link linkend="GuideReferenceThumbnails">Thumbnails Reference</link>
             for additional details.
--- a/doc/docbook/GuideReferenceConfig.xml	Thu Jun 29 11:05:59 2017 +0100
+++ b/doc/docbook/GuideReferenceConfig.xml	Sun Jul 02 19:46:19 2017 +0100
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
   <title id="titleGuideReferenceConfig">Configuration Files and Locations</title>
   <para>The following data lists the locations Geeqie uses for various actions. The uppercase symbols are environment variables. If they are not set on your system the fallback locations are listed in parentheses.</para>
   <para>
+    Geqqie will first attempt to load a configuration file from:
+    <programlisting xml:space="preserve">/etc/geeqie/geeqierc.xml</programlisting>
+  </para>
+  <para>It will then continue with the following locations.</para>
+  <para>
     Most of Geeqie's configuration files are contained in the folder, and sub-folders of:
-    <programlisting xml:space="preserve">$HOME/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/geeqie/</programlisting>
+    <programlisting xml:space="preserve">$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/geeqie/</programlisting>
     <programlisting xml:space="preserve">($~/.config/geeqie/)</programlisting>
   </para>
   <para>
@@ -36,8 +41,9 @@
     <programlisting xml:space="preserve">.../accels</programlisting>
   </para>
   <para>
-    The default location for Collections is in the folder:
-    <programlisting xml:space="preserve">$HOME/.local/share/geeqie/collections</programlisting>
+    The location for Collections is in the folder:
+    <programlisting xml:space="preserve">$XDG_DATA_HOME/geeqie/collections</programlisting>
+    <programlisting xml:space="preserve">($~/.local/share/geeqie/collections)</programlisting>
   </para>
   <para>
     The lirc