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authorDylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com>2017-07-26 10:25:44 -0700
committerDylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com>2017-07-27 09:32:38 -0700
commitfc9e38f5ee390cc030558776a1d5248df131c4ca (patch)
treef3d5356e91a02c2f769bd140ae7faadba6094f11 /docs
parentbcd5a1c822cdfcbacd665b6c7dbad26ed0f1bf18 (diff)
docs: Note that system paths can contain themes
Since the original patch that added the support didn't.
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diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst b/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst
index e350b9fd..e7fda406 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ To make it easier to switch between or share different such themes, they are def
files (see below for the exact format).
To specify the theme to use, set the :ref:`theme <theme>` config option to the name of a theme-file.
A file by that name will be looked up in the path given by the :ref:`themes_dir <themes-dir>` config setting
-which defaults to :file:`~/.config/alot/themes/`.
+which defaults to :file:`~/.config/alot/themes/`. If the themes_dir is not
+present then the contents of $XDG_DATA_DIRS/alot/themes will be tried in order.
+This defaults to :file:`/usr/local/share/alot/themes` and :file:`/usr/share/alot/themes`, in that order.
+These locations are meant to be used by distro packages to put themes in.
.. _config.theming.themefiles: