Init file

The init file is searched in the users home-directory as

~/.pixmaxrc

The parameters 'size', 'max-line-jump' and 'max-lut-entries' can be changed in the init-file. Additionally the default font-path can be set. The init-file consists of one ore more lines with a key-word followed by a value.

Key-word     Parameter           Default value

font         font-path           /usr/share/pixmax/fonts
geom         size                640x480
line_jump    max-line-jump       1024
lut_max      max-lut-entries     256

Example file:

font /home/ehrenfri/fonts/bdf
geom 400x300
line_jump 100
lut_max 200

Notes:

Lines with invalid key-words or invalid values are ignored.
The parameters 'size', 'max-line-jump' and 'max-lut-entries' can also be set in the command line. The command line values override the init-file values.

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