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@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ Since fish 3.1 you can set an environment variable for just one command using th
 
 How do I run a command every login? What's fish's equivalent to .bashrc or .profile?
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-Edit the file ``~/.config/fish/config.fish``, creating it if it does not exist (Note the leading period).
+Edit the file ``~/.config/fish/config.fish`` [#]_, creating it if it does not exist (Note the leading period).
 
 
+.. [#] The "~/.config" part of this can be set via $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, that's just the default.
+
 How do I set my prompt?
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 The prompt is the output of the ``fish_prompt`` function. Put it in ``~/.config/fish/functions/fish_prompt.fish``. For example, a simple prompt is::