Configuration files

Introduction

Configurable settings in Bodil are obtained from config-files. Architecture-dependent settings override all other settings and are in common directory. User settings override global settings. The user config-files must be placed in user's own directory (usually ~/.Bodil). The name of the file(s) is not important as long as they have the extension .conf. The file can have comment lines, which start with # and empty lines. Each section starts with the section name in brackets [sectionname]. Each section has one or more settings. Each setting is in its own line, starting with key, some whitespace, equal sign (=), some whitespace, and value.

Colormaps and DataFiles use different formats and in general, a file in users directory is used instead of global file with same name.

Common configuration entries

Section Key Valuetype

Description

```
Directories Colormaps      dirname 
```
common location of color maps.
```
Directories Personal       dirname 
```
location of user config-files.
```
Directories PersonalTmpDir dirname 
```
location of temporary files created in Bodil.
```
Directories Help           dirname 
```
help files.
```
Directories Icons          dirname 
```
pixmaps.
```
Directories Plugins        dirname 
```
location of Plugin config-files.
```
DataFiles   AtomData       filename 
```
chemical atom data.
```
DataFiles   Charges        filename 
```
basic scheme for adding charges to atom's in amino acids.
```
Fonts       Normal         fontname 
```
normal font in Bodil.
```
Colors      BaseColor  int int int 
```
Base color of used color palette as RGB of type [0 .. 255]
```
Material    Residue    int int int 
```
default color of a Residue as RGB of type [0 .. 255].
```
Material    Helix      int int int 
```
default color of a Helix as RGB of type [0 .. 255].
```
Material    Strand     int int int 
```
default color of a Strand as RGB of type [0 .. 255].
```
Material    Turn       int int int 
```
default color of a Turn as RGB of type [0 .. 255].
```
Material    Surface    int int int 
```
default color of a Surface as RGB of type [0 .. 255].
```
Surface     MiniIcon       filename 
```
name of pixmap for Surface.
```
Debugging   DebugLevel     int 
```
severity of messages kept by the Logger utility [0 .. 4].

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