Document XDG_* options for --new-instance

[geeqie.git] / geeqie.1

diff --git a/geeqie.1 b/geeqie.1
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--- a/geeqie.1
+++ b/geeqie.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH GEEQIE "1" "October 2023" "Geeqie 2.1+git20231016-1a72d946 GTK3" "User Commands"
+.TH GEEQIE "1" "October 2023" "Geeqie 2.1+git20231026-2338cf60 GTK3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 Geeqie - GTK based multiformat image viewer
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into collections.
 
 Generated for version:
 .PP
-Geeqie 2.1+git20231016\-1a72d946
+Geeqie 2.1+git20231026\-2338cf60
 .SS "Valid options:"
 .TP
 \fB\-\-blank\fR
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ show this message
 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR [files] [collections] open collection window for command line
 .TP
 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-new\-instance\fR
-open a new instance of Geeqie
+open a new instance of Geeqie *
 .TP
 \fB\-o\fR:, \fB\-\-log\-file\fR:<file>
 save log data to file
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ turn on debug output
 .TP
 \fB\-g\fR:, \fB\-\-grep\fR:<regexp>
 filter debug output
+.PP
+* Normally a single set of configuration files is used for all instances.
+However, the environment variables XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_CACHE_HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME
+can be used to modify this behavior on an individual basis e.g.
+.PP
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/a XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/b geeqie
 .SS "Remote command list:"
 .TP
 \fB\-\-action\fR:<ACTION>