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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions doc/users/customizing.rst
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Expand Up @@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ matplotlib uses :file:`matplotlibrc` configuration files to customize all kinds
of properties, which we call `rc settings` or `rc parameters`. You can control
the defaults of almost every property in matplotlib: figure size and dpi, line
width, color and style, axes, axis and grid properties, text and font
properties and so on. matplotlib looks for :file:`matplotlibrc` in three
properties and so on. matplotlib looks for :file:`matplotlibrc` in four
locations, in the following order:

1. :file:`matplotlibrc` in the current working directory, usually used for
specific customizations that you do not want to apply elsewhere.

2. It next looks in a user-specific place, depending on your platform:
2. :file:`$MATPLOTLIBRC/matplotlibrc`.

3. It next looks in a user-specific place, depending on your platform:

- On Linux, it looks in :file:`.config/matplotlib/matplotlibrc` (or
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/matplotlib/matplotlibrc`) if you've customized
Expand All @@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ locations, in the following order:

See :ref:`locating-matplotlib-config-dir`.

3. :file:`{INSTALL}/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc`, where
4. :file:`{INSTALL}/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc`, where
:file:`{INSTALL}` is something like
:file:`/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages` on Linux, and maybe
:file:`C:\\Python25\\Lib\\site-packages` on Windows. Every time you
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ def matplotlib_fname():

- `$PWD/matplotlibrc`

- environment variable `MATPLOTLIBRC`
- `$MATPLOTLIBRC/matplotlibrc`

- `$MPLCONFIGDIR/matplotlib`
- `$MPLCONFIGDIR/matplotlibrc`

- On Linux,

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