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| -rw-r--r-- | alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/configuration/theming.rst | 3 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec index e13c93d1..cfecb123 100644 --- a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec +++ b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec @@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ tabwidth = integer(default=8) # templates directory that contains your message templates. # It will be used if you give `compose --template` a filename without a path prefix. +# The default path is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alot/temmplates`. template_dir = string(default=None) -# directory containing theme files +# directory containing theme files. +# The default path is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alot/themes`. themes_dir = string(default=None) # name of the theme to use diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table index a7bc5ec6..0299d406 100644 --- a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table +++ b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table @@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ templates directory that contains your message templates. It will be used if you give `compose --template` a filename without a path prefix. + The default path is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alot/temmplates`. :type: string :default: None @@ -605,7 +606,8 @@ .. describe:: themes_dir - directory containing theme files + directory containing theme files. + The default path is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alot/themes`. :type: string :default: None diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst b/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst index caf14047..ea04d7c8 100644 --- a/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst +++ b/docs/source/configuration/theming.rst @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ 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/`. If the themes_dir is not +which defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alot/themes, and :file:`~/.config/alot/themes/`, +if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty or not set. 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. |