From 4b46f5991680ee1f605007582046e15b4c377e94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: A_D Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 13:09:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added information around XDG environ vars for multi-accounting --- Troubleshooting.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Troubleshooting.md b/Troubleshooting.md index a5e438c..d2afff2 100644 --- a/Troubleshooting.md +++ b/Troubleshooting.md @@ -729,6 +729,11 @@ This application doesn't support running two instances of the Game in the *same* user account. The application will only respond to the instance of the Game that you ran last, because its Journal file will then be the most recent. +### Linux +EDMC respects `XDG_DATA_HOME` and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` for its plugin and config dirs. +Running multiple instances of EDMC simply requires that you change the two environment +variables to point to new directories; `XDG_DATA_HOME=./my_cmdr XDG_CONFIG_HOME=./my_cmdr python3 ./EDMarketConnector.py` +is sufficient