The Configuration File

The configuration file is used in order to configure BibDB to individual preferences. The basic format of entries in the configuration file is \<environment>{ operands }. The backslash must be the first non–space character in the line. All lines which are not included inside a recognized environment are ignored. This has the side effect that putting a `%', `$',`!' or similar character in front of an environment line comments out the whole environment.

• parameters
  • version:
  • mouse:
  • swap:
  • swapdir
  • selftest:
  • checkduplicate
  • alwaysreadfields:
  • stickylist:
  • addmultiple:
  • autocapitalize:
  • tildetospaces:
  • eoldisplay:
  • eolstring:
  • editfields:
  • overviewfields
  • fielddelimit:
  • defaultextention
  • texinputs:
  • dumpfile:
  • auxdir:
  • freediskrequired:
  • desqview:
  • Windows3:
  • codepage:
  • accentchars:
  
  
• sort
  • mode:
  • collation:
  • sorttypeorder:
  • nameorder:
  • keyfield:
  • keyorder:
  • patternfile:
  • patternorder:
  • addtonewfiles:
  
  
• colors
• fields
• entrytypes
• dumpformats and patternformats
• registers
• The showformat Environment