From a2a5910126210dfb721ab71bdee02bc89c8ba60d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henrik Lissner Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:30:17 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Revise docstring for doom-{etc,cache}-dir --- core/core.el | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el index 79f9e1481..278b5bb34 100644 --- a/core/core.el +++ b/core/core.el @@ -40,17 +40,15 @@ that are safe to share across systems (if this config is symlinked across several computers).") (defvar doom-etc-dir (concat doom-local-dir "etc/") - "Directory for non-volatile storage. For volatile story, see `doom-cache-dir'. + "Directory for non-volatile storage. -Use this for dependencies like servers or config files that are stable (i.e. it -should be unlikely that you need to delete them if something goes wrong).") +Use this for files that don't change much, like servers binaries, external +dependencies or long-term shared data.") (defvar doom-cache-dir (concat doom-local-dir "cache/") "Directory for volatile storage. -Deleted when `doom/reset' is called. Use this for transient files; on-the-fly -like caches and temporary files. Anything that you don't mind deleting if there -are problems.") +Use this for files that change often, like cache files.") (defvar doom-packages-dir (concat doom-local-dir "packages/") "Where package.el and quelpa plugins (and their caches) are stored.")