From b56cb84e16a342766d9a0b43e74bdadca22931bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ingo=20B=C3=BCrk?= Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 23:08:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added a hint about the required config v4 version hint. (#2759) fixes #2751 --- docs/userguide | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/userguide b/docs/userguide index d2ad7d41..068ecd87 100644 --- a/docs/userguide +++ b/docs/userguide @@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ keyboard layout. To start the wizard, use the command +i3-config-wizard+. Please note that you must not have +~/.i3/config+, otherwise the wizard will exit. +Since i3 4.0, a new configuration format is used. i3 will try to automatically +detect the format version of a config file based on a few different keywords, +but if you want to make sure that your config is read with the new format, +include the following line in your config file: + +--------------------- +# i3 config file (v4) +--------------------- + === Comments It is possible and recommended to use comments in your configuration file to