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-rw-r--r--i3status.c30
-rw-r--r--man/i3status.man8
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/i3status.c b/i3status.c
index 6d6fbc7..eff6da4 100644
--- a/i3status.c
+++ b/i3status.c
@@ -117,9 +117,14 @@ static char *resolve_tilde(const char *path) {
}
static char *get_config_path() {
- /* 1: check for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config */
char *xdg_config_home, *xdg_config_dirs, *config_path;
+ /* 1: check the traditional path under the home directory */
+ config_path = resolve_tilde("~/.i3status.conf");
+ if (path_exists(config_path))
+ return config_path;
+
+ /* 2: check for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config */
if ((xdg_config_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) == NULL)
xdg_config_home = "~/.config";
@@ -132,7 +137,12 @@ static char *get_config_path() {
return config_path;
free(config_path);
- /* 2: check for $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config */
+ /* 3: check the traditional path under /etc */
+ config_path = SYSCONFDIR "/i3status.conf";
+ if (path_exists(config_path))
+ return sstrdup(config_path);
+
+ /* 4: check for $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config */
if ((xdg_config_dirs = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS")) == NULL)
xdg_config_dirs = "/etc/xdg";
@@ -152,18 +162,10 @@ static char *get_config_path() {
}
free(buf);
- /* 3: check traditional paths */
- config_path = resolve_tilde("~/.i3status.conf");
- if (path_exists(config_path))
- return config_path;
-
- config_path = strdup(SYSCONFDIR "/i3status.conf");
- if (!path_exists(config_path))
- die("Neither $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config, nor "
- "$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config, nor ~/.i3status.conf nor "
- SYSCONFDIR "/i3status.conf exist.");
-
- return config_path;
+ die("Unable to find the configuration file (looked at "
+ "~/.i3status/config, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config, "
+ "/etc/i3status/config and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config)");
+ return NULL;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man
index a8f461f..57a991c 100644
--- a/man/i3status.man
+++ b/man/i3status.man
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ i3status [-c configfile] [-h] [-v]
Specifies an alternate configuration file path. By default, i3status looks for
configuration files in the following order:
-1. ~/.config/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config if set)
-2. /etc/xdg/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config if set)
-3. ~/.i3status.conf
-4. /etc/i3status.conf (or SYSCONFDIR/i3status.conf if set at compile-time)
+1. ~/.i3status/config
+2. ~/.config/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config if set)
+3. /etc/i3status/config
+4. /etc/xdg/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config if set)
== DESCRIPTION