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@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ your operating system:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\OpenTTD (2000, XP)
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\OpenTTD (Vista, 7)
Mac OSX: ~/Documents/OpenTTD
- Linux: ~/.openttd
+ Linux: $XDG_DATA_HOME/openttd which is usually ~/.local/share/openttd when
+ built with XDG base directory support, otherwise ~/.openttd
3. The shared directory
Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\OpenTTD (2000, XP)
C:\Users\Public\Documents\OpenTTD (Vista, 7)
@@ -322,10 +323,13 @@ Notes:
others.
- The previous search order is also used for NewGRFs and openttd.cfg.
- If openttd.cfg is not found, then it will be created using the 2, 4, 1, 3,
- 5 order.
+ 5 order. When built with XDG base directory support, openttd.cfg will be
+ created in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/openttd which is usually ~/.config/openttd.
- Savegames will be relative to the config file only if there is no save/
directory in paths with higher priority than the config file path, but
autosaves and screenshots will always be relative to the config file.
+ Unless the configuration file is in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/openttd, then all
+ other files will be saved under $XDG_DATA_HOME/openttd.
The preferred setup:
Place 3rd party files in shared directory (or in personal directory if you do