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@@ -138,9 +138,18 @@ cp Alacritty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications ### Configuration Although it's possible the default configuration would work on your system, -you'll probably end up wanting to customize it anyhow. There is an -`alacritty.yml` at the git repository root. Copy this to either -`$HOME/.alacritty.yml` or `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml` and run Alacritty. +you'll probably end up wanting to customize it anyhow. There is a default +`alacritty.yml` at the git repository root. Alacritty looks for the configuration +file as the following paths: + +1. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml` +2. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml` +3. `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml` +4. `$HOME/.alacritty.yml` + +If neither of these paths are found then `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml` +is created once alacritty is first run. On most systems this often defaults +to `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml`. Many configuration options will take effect immediately upon saving changes to the config file. The only exception is the `font` and `dpi` section which |