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View Ref-File11.6.3  The N.AES configuration file                               TOS

The configuration file N_AES.CNF that N.AES reads in and evaluates at 
system startup contains the user-definable settings (CNF variables) 
and commands (CNF commands).

Please do not get frightened by the wide variety of setting options! 
The bundled configuration file contains standard values for the 
individual variables and should be able to be used by you at first 
without changes. Once you have become a little familiar with N.AES, 
you can alter various settings at a later time to suit your taste.

The configuration file is not retained in memory at run-time but just 
evaluated once at the start, after which the memory it occupies is 
released. Hence one need not (and should not) economize with comments 
here.

A comment is introduced by a '#' character at the start of a line and 
continues to the end of this line. Everything contained in such a 
comment line will be ignored when evaluating the configuration file. 
Equally, any empty lines will be skipped during evaluation.

The specifications possible in the configuration file may be divided 
into three groups:

   . With the aid of the CNF variables the global operating parameters 
     of N.AES are set, which cannot be altered at run-time at present. 
     For example, with the help of these variables one can specify the 
     size of the icon windows.

   . The CNF commands are executed shortly after the reading in of the 
     configuration file and take effect immediately. Thus with the 
     help of these commands one can launch programs or set the 
     environmental variables.

   . The CNF debug variables have a meaning only in a special N.AES 
     version, which is not a part of the normal distribution.

Note about the variables: Please proceed with particular care when 
altering settings that affect the system (sstacksize, mpipesize, 
qsbchars, ...). Values that are too small or too large may give rise 
to unwanted effects, or even to faulty behaviour of N.AES.