From: Ingo Bürk <admin@airblader.de>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 21:08:51 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Added a hint about the required config v4 version hint. (#2759)
X-Git-Tag: 4.14~38
X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b56cb84e16a342766d9a0b43e74bdadca22931bd;p=i3%2Fi3

Added a hint about the required config v4 version hint. (#2759)

fixes #2751
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diff --git a/docs/userguide b/docs/userguide
index d2ad7d41..068ecd87 100644
--- a/docs/userguide
+++ b/docs/userguide
@@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ keyboard layout. To start the wizard, use the command +i3-config-wizard+.
 Please note that you must not have +~/.i3/config+, otherwise the wizard will
 exit.
 
+Since i3 4.0, a new configuration format is used. i3 will try to automatically
+detect the format version of a config file based on a few different keywords,
+but if you want to make sure that your config is read with the new format,
+include the following line in your config file:
+
+---------------------
+# i3 config file (v4)
+---------------------
+
 === Comments
 
 It is possible and recommended to use comments in your configuration file to