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9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions doc/Configurations.md
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Expand Up @@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ IRB searches for a configuration file in the following order:
1. `$IRBRC`
2. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/irb/irbrc`
3. `$HOME/.irbrc`
4. `$HOME/.config/irb/irbrc`
4. `$HOME/.config/irb/irbrc` (only if `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is _not_ set)
5. `.irbrc` in the current directory
6. `irb.rc` in the current directory
7. `_irbrc` in the current directory
8. `$irbrc` in the current directory
6. `_irbrc` in the current directory
7. `$irbrc` in the current directory

If the `-f` command-line option is used, no configuration file is loaded.

Expand All @@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ Method `conf.rc?` returns `true` if a configuration file was read, `false` other
- `IRB_COPY_COMMAND`: Overrides the default program used to interface with the system clipboard.
- `VISUAL` / `EDITOR`: Specifies the editor for the `edit` command.
- `IRBRC`: Specifies the rc-file for configuration.
- `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`: Used to locate the rc-file if `IRBRC` is unset.
- `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`: Used to locate the user-specific rc-file (i.e. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/irb/irbrc` instead of `$HOME/.config/irb/irbrc`).
- `RI_PAGER` / `PAGER`: Specifies the pager for documentation.
- `IRB_LANG`, `LC_MESSAGES`, `LC_ALL`, `LANG`: Determines the locale.

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