Clarify -c descriptions.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 38facd1791e6f0beff918d79ecf002feafa587cc..41ebd4f53236c987da158d21974aba8c7b92adb5 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Provide guid in item templates (suggested by Rick van Rein).
 Update article-added dates correctly when "currentonly true" is used
 (reported by Rick van Rein).
 
+Clarify description of -c in README and man page (reported by Rick van
+Rein).
+
 - rawdog 2.3
 
 Make the id= parameter work correctly (patch from Jon Nelson).

diff --git a/README b/README
index 111ca3ddcad7adeeae6c3c194d5a1c378183ac5b..9672d1d8cebadbcefce6dfff9b17dc7246c042f3 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ debug your own feed.
 
 "--config FILE" (or "-c FILE"), where FILE is an absolute path or a path
 relative to your .rawdog directory: Read FILE as an additional config
-file; any options provided in FILE will override those set in the
-default config (with the exception of "feed", which is cumulative).
-This is useful if you want rawdog to write two different output files
-with different sets of options ("rawdog -u -w -c config2 -w" will first
-update and write with the default config, then read config2, then write
-again).
+file; any options provided in FILE will override those already set in
+the main config file (with the exception of "feed", which is
+cumulative). Note that $HOME/.rawdog/config will still be read first
+even if you specify this option. This is useful if you want rawdog to
+write two different output files with different sets of options ("rawdog
+-u -w -c config2 -w" will first update and write with the main config
+file, then read config2, then write again).
 
 "--show-template" (or "-t"): Print the template currently in use to
 stdout. This is useful as a starting point if you want to modify your

diff --git a/rawdog.1 b/rawdog.1
index c600f37fc0c4238c3852c71a81e9a25b69e231dc..c14f0d923918ef8269bb34d814e765f5a519b1a8 100644 (file)
--- a/rawdog.1
+++ b/rawdog.1
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ Read
 .I FILE
 as an additional config file; any options provided in
 .I FILE
-will override those set in the default config (with the exception of
+will override those set in the main config file (with the exception of
 "feed", which is cumulative).
 .I FILE
 may be an absolute path or a path relative to your .rawdog directory.
+Note that $HOME/.rawdog/config will still be read first even if you
+specify this option.
 .TP
 .B \-t, \ \-\-show\-template
 Print the template currently in use to stdout.