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@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ Proton can be tuned at runtime to help certain games run. The Steam client sets
some options for known games using the STEAM_COMPAT_CONFIG variable.
You can override these options using the environment variables described below.
The best way to set these environment overrides for all games is by renaming
-"user_settings.sample.py" to "user_settings.py" and modifying it appropriately.
-If you want to set different `PROTON_` variables than the "user_settings.py" for a specific game,
-use the `Set Launch Options` under the games `Properties`. You can launch the
-game as you would with `PROTON_VARIABLE=1 %command%` [(source)](https://superuser.com/questions/954041/how-to-set-an-environment-variable-for-an-specific-game-on-steam-for-linux#980437).
+`user_settings.sample.py` to `user_settings.py` and modifying it appropriately.
+If you want to change the runtime configuration for a specific game, you can
+use the `Set Launch Options` setting in the game's `Properties` dialog in the Steam client. You can launch the
+game as you would with "`PROTON_VARIABLE=1 %command%`" [(source)](https://superuser.com/questions/954041/how-to-set-an-environment-variable-for-an-specific-game-on-steam-for-linux#980437).
To enable an option, set the variable to a non-0 value. To disable an
option, set the variable to 0. To use Steam's default configuration, do