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diff --git a/ds9/doc/ref/prefs.html b/ds9/doc/ref/prefs.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..05ffb9e --- /dev/null +++ b/ds9/doc/ref/prefs.html @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +<!DOCTYPE doctype PUBLIC "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> +<html> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; + charset=windows-1252"> + <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux + 2.4.7-10 i686) [Netscape]"> + <title>Preferences</title> + </head> + <body alink="#ff0000" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#0000ff" text="#000000" + vlink="#551a8b"> + <h3><img alt="" src="../sun.gif" height="98" align="middle" + width="100"> Preferences</h3> + <blockquote> + <p>Allows the user to customize the appearance and behavior of the + GUI . Please note: some preferences take effect immediately, + while others require DS9 to be restarted. Changes to the + preferences can be saved by selecting the <tt>Save</tt> button<tt>. + </tt>Use the <tt>Clear Preferences </tt>button to restore + default settings.</p> + <p>User preferences are stored in <tt>$HOME/.ds9.prf</tt>. DO NOT + EDIT this file, since it will be deleted or overwritten by DS9. + The file permissions must be group/world readonly.<br> + </p> + <p>Users may have several different preference files. DS9 looks + for a preference file with its own name. By default, if the + application is named <tt>ds9</tt>, it will look for <tt>.ds9.prf.</tt> + However, if the DS9 application is named <tt>foo</tt>, then DS9 + will look for <tt>.foo.prf.</tt> In this manner, the user can + have several predefined preference files that are activated by + invoking DS9 with a different application names. </p> + </blockquote> + </body> +</html> |