From 24651a6144e5071f0a72d991734a9b380255156e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kirill Chibisov Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2019 13:47:20 +0300 Subject: Remove automatic config generation Fixes #2818. --- README.md | 17 ++++------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cfb506b5..12e8524f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -152,25 +152,16 @@ properly. ## 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 a default -`alacritty.yml` at the Git repository root. Alacritty looks for the -configuration file at the following paths: +You can find the default configuration file with documentation for all available +fields on the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/releases) for each release. + +Alacritty looks for the configuration file at 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 none 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. For more information about the config file structure, refer to -the default config file. - ### Windows On Windows the config file is located at: -- cgit