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More sensible lookup order loading the config.

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Fernando Tarlá Cardoso Lemos 2010-10-23 18:20:08 -02:00 committed by Michael Stapelberg
parent 2f6d2d0966
commit 582ec2a071
2 changed files with 22 additions and 20 deletions
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man/i3.man
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@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ Exits i3.
When starting, i3 looks for configuration files in the following order:
1. ~/.config/i3/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config if set)
2. /etc/xdg/i3/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config if set)
3. ~/.i3/config
4. /etc/i3/config
1. ~/.i3/config
2. ~/.config/i3/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config if set)
3. /etc/i3/config
4. /etc/xdg/i3/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config if set)
You can specify a custom path using the -c option.

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src/config.c
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@ -232,14 +232,20 @@ void switch_mode(xcb_connection_t *conn, const char *new_mode) {
}
/*
* Get the path of the first configuration file found. Checks the XDG folders
* first ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS), then the traditional paths.
* Get the path of the first configuration file found. Checks the home directory
* first, then the system directory first, always taking into account the XDG
* Base Directory Specification ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS)
*
*/
static char *get_config_path() {
/* 1: check for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config */
char *xdg_config_home, *xdg_config_dirs, *config_path;
/* 1: check the traditional path under the home directory */
config_path = resolve_tilde("~/.i3/config");
if (path_exists(config_path))
return config_path;
/* 2: check for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config */
if ((xdg_config_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) == NULL)
xdg_config_home = "~/.config";
@ -252,7 +258,12 @@ static char *get_config_path() {
return config_path;
free(config_path);
/* 2: check for $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config */
/* 3: check the traditional path under /etc */
config_path = SYSCONFDIR "/i3/config";
if (path_exists(config_path))
return sstrdup(config_path);
/* 4: check for $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config */
if ((xdg_config_dirs = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS")) == NULL)
xdg_config_dirs = "/etc/xdg";
@ -272,18 +283,9 @@ static char *get_config_path() {
}
free(buf);
/* 3: check traditional paths */
config_path = resolve_tilde("~/.i3/config");
if (path_exists(config_path))
return config_path;
config_path = sstrdup(SYSCONFDIR "/i3/config");
if (!path_exists(config_path))
die("Neither $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config, nor "
"$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config, nor ~/.i3/config nor "
SYSCONFDIR "/i3/config exist.");
return config_path;
die("Unable to find the configuration file (looked at "
"~/.i3/config, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config, "
SYSCONFDIR "i3/config and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config)");
}
/*