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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: |