Add support for `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`

`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ledger/ledgerrc` and `$HOME/.config/ledger/ledgerrc`
are tried first when looking for an init file.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index ce31f9aa..55dcf57e 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -5978,9 +5978,9 @@ the run.
 Display the man page for @file{ledger}.
 
 @item --init-file @var{FILE}
-Specify the location of the init file.  The default is home directory
-@file{~/.ledgerrc}, or current directory @file{./.ledgerrc} if not found
-in home directory.
+Specify the location of the init file.  By default, @file{$XDG_CONFIG_HOME},
+@file{~/.config/ledger/lederrc}, @file{~/.ledgerrc} and @file{./.ledgerrc} are
+tried in order.
 
 @item --options
 Display the options in effect for this Ledger invocation, along with
@@ -6882,12 +6882,12 @@ report.
 @item --unrealized-gains @var{STR}
 Allow the user to specify what account name should be used for
 unrealized gains.  Defaults to @samp{"Equity:Unrealized Gains"}.
-Often set in one's @file{~/.ledgerrc} file to change the default.
+Often set in one's init file to change the default.
 
 @item --unrealized-losses @var{STR}
 Allow the user to specify what account name should be used for
 unrealized losses.  Defaults to @samp{"Equity:Unrealized Losses"}.
-Often set in one's @file{~/.ledgerrc} file to change the default.
+Often set in one's init file to change the default.
 
 @item --unround
 Perform all calculations without rounding and display results to full
@@ -7275,8 +7275,7 @@ Change the basic date format used by reports.  The default uses a date
 like @samp{2004/08/01}, which represents the default date format of
 @code{%Y/%m/%d}.  To change the way dates are printed in general, the
 easiest way is to put @option{--date-format @var{DATE_FORMAT}} in the
-Ledger initialization file @file{~/.ledgerrc} (or the file referred to
-by @env{LEDGER_INIT}).
+Ledger init file (or the file referred to by @env{LEDGER_INIT}).
 
 @item --format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
 @itemx -F @var{FORMAT_STRING}