2.4 Default configuration

De default configuration files are stored in the directory PYTHON_DIRECTORY/site-packages/pNbody/config, where PYTHON_DIRECTORY is the directory of your python installation and usually looks like /usr/lib/pythonx.y/, where the x.y corresponds to your python version.

It is recommanded that the user copy in  /.pNbody the content of this default directory, in order to have its own configurations files.

The content of the config directory is :

parameter Type Meaning
formats directory this directory contains specific class definition files used to read different formats
rgb_tables directory this directory contains all colors tables accessibles by pNbody
defaultparameters file this file contains the default graphical parameters used by pNbody
unitsparameters file this file contains the default units parameters used by pNbody

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