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authornfnty <git@nfnty.se>2017-02-16 05:33:50 +0100
committernfnty <git@nfnty.se>2017-02-16 05:33:50 +0100
commit004badd136850ec48533eb3591b841d4ee38e156 (patch)
treea02f4faa8b5d75983751da17d8c1c37ab26414fd /doc
parent9572d80597aac9575615b488b894fd4d81490bd4 (diff)
downloadranger-004badd136850ec48533eb3591b841d4ee38e156.tar.gz
doc: man: Clarify config sourcing
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-rw-r--r--doc/ranger.123
-rw-r--r--doc/ranger.pod21
-rw-r--r--doc/rifle.12
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ranger.1 b/doc/ranger.1
index 153e7b5e..36e82319 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.1
+++ b/doc/ranger.1
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "RANGER 1"
-.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.9.0b4" "2017-02-10" "ranger manual"
+.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.9.0b4" "2017-02-16" "ranger manual"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -1329,18 +1329,15 @@ out the tag argument, all tagged files are unmarked.
 ranger reads several configuration files which are located in
 \&\fI\f(CI$HOME\fI/.config/ranger\fR or \fI\f(CI$XDG_CONFIG_HOME\fI/ranger\fR if \f(CW$XDG_CONFIG_HOME\fR is
 defined.  You can use the \-\-copy\-config option to obtain the default
-configuration files.  Each of the files contains further documentation.
-.PP
-You don't need to copy the whole file though, most configuration files are
-overlaid on top of the defaults (\fIcommands.py\fR, \fIrc.conf\fR) or can be
-sub-classed (\fIcolorschemes\fR).
-.PP
-That being said, the user configuration files \fIrc.conf\fR and \fIcommands.py\fR are
-loaded only after ranger loads the default configuration files.  This may lead
-to some confusing situations, for example when a key is being bound despite the
-corresponding line being removed from the user's copy of the configuration
-file.  This behavior may be disabled with an environment variable (see also:
-\&\fB\s-1ENVIRONMENT\s0\fR).
+configuration files.  The files contain further documentation.
+.PP
+\&\fIrc.conf\fR, \fIcommands.py\fR and \fIcolorschemes\fR do not need to be copied fully
+as they will only be adding to the default configuration files except if explicitly
+overridden. This may lead to some confusing situations, for example when a key is
+being bound despite the corresponding line being removed from the user's copy of
+the configuration file. This behavior may be disabled with an environment
+variable (see also: \fB\s-1ENVIRONMENT\s0\fR). Note: All other configuration files only
+read from one source; i.e. default \s-1OR\s0 user, not both.
 .PP
 When starting ranger with the \fB\-\-clean\fR option, it will not access or create
 any of these files.
diff --git a/doc/ranger.pod b/doc/ranger.pod
index 8b02ee63..bb30fab3 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.pod
+++ b/doc/ranger.pod
@@ -1406,18 +1406,15 @@ out the tag argument, all tagged files are unmarked.
 ranger reads several configuration files which are located in
 F<$HOME/.config/ranger> or F<$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ranger> if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is
 defined.  You can use the --copy-config option to obtain the default
-configuration files.  Each of the files contains further documentation.
-
-You don't need to copy the whole file though, most configuration files are
-overlaid on top of the defaults (F<commands.py>, F<rc.conf>) or can be
-sub-classed (F<colorschemes>).
-
-That being said, the user configuration files F<rc.conf> and F<commands.py> are
-loaded only after ranger loads the default configuration files.  This may lead
-to some confusing situations, for example when a key is being bound despite the
-corresponding line being removed from the user's copy of the configuration
-file.  This behavior may be disabled with an environment variable (see also:
-B<ENVIRONMENT>).
+configuration files.  The files contain further documentation.
+
+F<rc.conf>, F<commands.py> and F<colorschemes> do not need to be copied fully
+as they will only be adding to the default configuration files except if explicitly
+overridden. This may lead to some confusing situations, for example when a key is
+being bound despite the corresponding line being removed from the user's copy of
+the configuration file. This behavior may be disabled with an environment
+variable (see also: B<ENVIRONMENT>). Note: All other configuration files only
+read from one source; i.e. default OR user, not both.
 
 When starting ranger with the B<--clean> option, it will not access or create
 any of these files.
diff --git a/doc/rifle.1 b/doc/rifle.1
index c243a8da..3f9fa926 100644
--- a/doc/rifle.1
+++ b/doc/rifle.1
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "RIFLE 1"
-.TH RIFLE 1 "rifle-1.9.0b4" "2017-02-10" "rifle manual"
+.TH RIFLE 1 "rifle-1.9.0b4" "2017-02-16" "rifle manual"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l