From 388924033a40a39e430e8596de2936ebe56203de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xiaoyifang <105986+xiaoyifang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 14:33:00 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add document about move index folder (#1719)

* doc: add document about move index folder

* doc: add document about move index folder
---
 website/docs/topic_move_index_folder.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 website/mkdocs.yml                      |  1 +
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 website/docs/topic_move_index_folder.md

diff --git a/website/docs/topic_move_index_folder.md b/website/docs/topic_move_index_folder.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59617d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/docs/topic_move_index_folder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+How to move the default index folder to other places?
+
+
+## Windows
+
+!!! note
+    the [`mklink`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink#related-links) is built-in tool in Windows.
+
+
+1. Open `cmd` as administrator
+2. copy the index folder to another place,take `D:\gd-ng\index_new` for example.
+3. Run `mklink /D "C:\Users\USERNAME\Application Data\GoldenDict\index" "D:\gd-ng\index_new"`
+4. Run GoldenDict
+
+## Linux
+
+use `ln` to create a link.
diff --git a/website/mkdocs.yml b/website/mkdocs.yml
index ed69f837..c7aecc4a 100644
--- a/website/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/website/mkdocs.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ nav:
       - Wayland: topic_wayland.md
       - Debug dictionary JS: howto/how to debug dictionary js.md
       - Flatpak/FlatHub: topic_flatpak.md
+      - Move index folder: topic_move_index_folder.md
   - Related tools:
       - Anki Integration: topic_anki.md
       - OCR Integration: howto/ocr.md