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The .autorc File

Much of the default behavior of the AUTO CLUI can be controlled by the .autorc file. The .autorc file can exist in either the main AUTO directory, the users home directory, or the current directory. For any option which is defined in more then one file, the .autorc file in the current directory (if it exists) takes precedence, followed by the .autorc file in the users home directory (if it exists), and then the .autorc file in the main AUTO directory. Hence, options may be defined on either a per directory, per user, or global basis.

The first section of the .autorc file begins with the line [AUTO_command_aliases] and this section defines short names, or aliases, for the AUTO CLUI commands. Each line thereafter is a definition of a command, similiar to branchPoint =commandQueryBranchPoint. The right hand side of the assignment is the internal AUTO CLUI name for the command, while the left hand side is the desired alias. Aliases and internal names may be used interchangably, but the intention is that the aliases will be more commonly used. A default set of aliases is provided, and these aliases will be used in the examples in the rest of this Chapter. The default aliases are listed in the reference in Section 4.14.

NOTE: Defaults for the plotting tool may be included in the .autorc file as well. The documentation for this is under developement, but the file $AUTO_DIR/.autorc contains examples of how these options may be set.


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Gabriel Lord 2007-11-19