From 01becf00f5fc60cfba9033053f1ea783aa57c551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 08:01:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Try and improve README Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com> --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d7c7ba96eb..967fea3aaa 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -248,6 +248,18 @@ sudo npm install nativefier -g nativefier https://riot.im/app/ ``` +Desktop app configuration +========================= + +To run multiple instances of the desktop app for different accounts, you can launch the executable with the `--profile` argument followed by a unique identifier, e.g `riot-web --profile Work` for it to run a separate profile and not interfere with the default one. + +To change the config.json for the desktop app, create a config file which will be used to override values in the config which ships in the package: ++ `%APPDATA%\$NAME\config.json` on Windows ++ `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME\$NAME\config.json` or `~/.config/$NAME/config.json` on Linux ++ `~Library/Application Support/$NAME/config.json` on macOS + +Where `$NAME` is typically Riot, unless you use `--profile $PROFILE` then its `Riot-$PROFILE`. + Development =========== From 95611d2c12d62e43e7cd8b85f4d24279922a0a67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Ryan Stinnett" Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:53:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md grammar --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 967fea3aaa..993466cbe8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ To change the config.json for the desktop app, create a config file which will b + `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME\$NAME\config.json` or `~/.config/$NAME/config.json` on Linux + `~Library/Application Support/$NAME/config.json` on macOS -Where `$NAME` is typically Riot, unless you use `--profile $PROFILE` then its `Riot-$PROFILE`. +In the paths above, `$NAME` is typically `Riot`, unless you use `--profile $PROFILE` in which case it becomes `Riot-$PROFILE`. Development ===========