Mutt supported processing $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/muttrc for a while now, but mutt(1) man page hasn't been updated to reflect that.
This will also replace .IP with .TP to use one line per file name and highlight file names with .I which is common practice in manual formatting. --- doc/mutt.man | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/mutt.man b/doc/mutt.man index 2b9b287a..727ef0cd 100644 --- a/doc/mutt.man +++ b/doc/mutt.man @@ -175,23 +175,36 @@ Default Reply-To address. Specifies the editor to use when composing messages. .SH FILES .PP -.IP "~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc" -User configuration file. -.IP "@sysconfdir@/Muttrc" +.TP +.I ~/.muttrc +.TQ +.I ~/.mutt/muttrc +.TQ +.I $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/muttrc +User configuration files. +.TP +.I @sysconfdir@/Muttrc System-wide configuration file. -.IP "/tmp/muttXXXXXX" +.TP +.I /tmp/muttXXXXXX Temporary files created by Mutt. -.IP "~/.mailcap" +.TP +.I ~/.mailcap User definition for handling non-text MIME types. -.IP "@sysconfdir@/mailcap" +.TP +.I @sysconfdir@/mailcap System definition for handling non-text MIME types. -.IP "~/.mime.types" +.TP +.I ~/.mime.types User's personal mapping between MIME types and file extensions. -.IP "@sysconfdir@/mime.types" +.TP +.I @sysconfdir@/mime.types System mapping between MIME types and file extensions. -.IP "@bindir@/mutt_dotlock" +.TP +.I @bindir@/mutt_dotlock The privileged dotlocking program. -.IP "@docdir@/manual.txt" +.TP +.I @docdir@/manual.txt The Mutt manual. .SH BUGS .PP -- 2.27.0
