Add os.path.expanduser() wrappers to user-supplied paths.

[hooke.git] / doc / install.txt

diff --git a/doc/install.txt b/doc/install.txt
index 98ea4c17aaab5593c0c4d7eff33fb66cb3c7601b..270f99ea53dc93dd42eb82bccfafbc95e2385781 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/install.txt
+++ b/doc/install.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,25 @@ to install Hooke.  Run::
 
 to see a list of installation options you may want to configure.
 
+If you install Hooke, you should probably setup a system- or user-wide
+configuration file (:doc:`config`), and replace any relative paths
+with appropriate absolute paths.  For example::
+
+    # Commands for managing a command stack (similar to macros).
+    [command_stack plugin]
+    # Directory containing command stack files.
+    path = resources/command_stack
+
+    # wxWindows graphical user interface.
+    [gui user interface]
+    # Path to the hooke icon image.
+    icon image = /usr/share/hooke/doc/img/microscope.ico
+    # Path to the Hooke splash screen image.
+    splash screen image = /usr/share/hooke/doc/img/hooke.jpg
+    # Directory containing perspective files.
+    perspective path = ~/.hooke/resources/gui/perspective
+
+
 Running Hooke from the source directory
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