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This document is a quick getting started guide for users who are interested
in trying Phi.
## Installing
Notes for installing and building are detailed in the README file. You will probably
have to build from source. This shouldn't be too much of a hassle with Linux
and MacOS - Windows might be a bit of a hassle.
## Configuration Files
Configuration files for Phi are located in `~/.phi-editor`. This is in your
$HOME directory.
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in a platform independent way is a particular struggle when dealing with Linux.
Below are some notes for users to help get started with the editor.
### Ubuntu
### Linux/Ubuntu
Ubuntu's fonts are in the `/usr/share/fonts` folder, though they are categorized
by font type. Here is a quick example to get you started on Ubuntu:
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font_path = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu"
font_face = "DejaVuSansMono"
```
For Linux in general, you may have to hunt down your fonts folder yourself
and set the `font_path` variable accordingly.