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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
index 9fa5d87..5daa29c 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
@@ -2622,18 +2622,34 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
When it starts, unless the -ignore-dot-ghci
- flag is given, GHCi reads and executes commands from
- ./.ghci, followed by
- $HOME/.ghci.
-
- The .ghci in your home directory is
- most useful for turning on favourite options (eg. :set
- +s), and defining useful macros. Placing a
- .ghci file in a directory with a Haskell
- project is a useful way to set certain project-wide options so you
- don't have to type them everytime you start GHCi: eg. if your
- project uses GHC extensions and CPP, and has source files in three
- subdirectories A, B and C, you might put the following lines in
+ flag is given, GHCi reads and executes commands from the following
+ files, in this order, if they exist:
+
+
+
+ ./.ghci
+
+
+ appdata/ghc/ghci.conf,
+ where appdata depends on your system,
+ but is usually something like C:/Documents and Settings/user/Application Data
+
+
+ On Unix: $HOME/.ghc/ghci.conf
+
+
+ $HOME/.ghci
+
+
+
+ The ghci.conf file is most useful for
+ turning on favourite options (eg. :set +s), and
+ defining useful macros. Placing a .ghci file
+ in a directory with a Haskell project is a useful way to set
+ certain project-wide options so you don't have to type them
+ everytime you start GHCi: eg. if your project uses GHC extensions
+ and CPP, and has source files in three subdirectories A, B and C,
+ you might put the following lines in
.ghci:
@@ -2647,7 +2663,7 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
until the next :load, though.)
Two command-line options control whether the
- .ghci files are read:
+ startup files files are read:
@@ -2656,8 +2672,8 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
- Don't read either ./.ghci or
- $HOME/.ghci when starting up.
+ Don't read either ./.ghci or the
+ other startup files when starting up.
@@ -2666,8 +2682,8 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
- Read .ghci and
- $HOME/.ghci. This is normally the
+ Read ./.ghci and the other
+ startup files (see above). This is normally the
default, but the option may
be used to override a previous
option.