Tweak the wording in man page

Make it clearer how command line options and config file options are related.

Signed-off-by: Yuxuan Shui <yshuiv7@gmail.com>
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Yuxuan Shui 2019-01-30 20:53:34 +00:00
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@ -354,7 +354,9 @@ CONFIGURATION FILES
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compton could read from a configuration file if libconfig support is compiled in. If *--config* is not used, compton will seek for a configuration file in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/compton.conf` (`~/.config/compton.conf`, usually), then `~/.compton.conf`, then `compton.conf` under `$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS` (often `/etc/xdg/compton.conf`).
compton uses general libconfig configuration file format. A sample configuration file is available as `compton.sample.conf` in the source tree. Most commandline switches each could be replaced with an option in configuration file, thus documented above. Window-type-specific settings are exposed only in configuration file and has the following format:
compton uses general libconfig configuration file format. A sample configuration file is available as `compton.sample.conf` in the source tree. Most of commandline switches can be used as options in configuration file as well. For example, *--vsync* option documented above can be set in the configuration file using `vsync = `. Command line options will always overwrite the settings in the configuration file.
Window-type-specific settings are exposed only in configuration file and has the following format:
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wintypes: