7.2 Configuration Files

PyXPlot can also be configured by means of a configuration file, with filename .pyxplotrc, which is scanned once upon startup. This file may be placed either in the user’s current working directory, or in his home directory. In the event of both files existing, settings in the former override those in the latter; in the event of neither file existing, PyXPlot uses its own default settings.

The configuration file should take the form of a series of sections, each headed by a section heading enclosed in square brackets, and followed by variables declared using the format:

 
OUTPUT=foo.eps

The following sections are used, although they do not all need to be present in any given file: