Default configuration

pNbody uses a set of parameters files, color tables and formats files. These files are provided by the installation and are by default stored in the directory site-packages/pNbody/config. To display where these files are taken from, you can use the command:

pNbody_show-path

It is recommanded that the user uses its own configuration files. To be automatically recongnized by pNbody, the latter must be in the user ~/.pNbody directory. pNbody provides a simple command to copy all parameters in this directory. Simply type:

pNbody_copy-defaultconfig

and check the values of the new paths:

pNbody_show-path

You can now freely modify the files contains in the configuratio directory.

By default, the content of the configuration directory is:

name	type	Content
defaultparameters	file	the default graphical parameters used by pNbody
unitsparameters	file	the default units parameters used by pNbody
formats	directory	specific class definition files used to read different file formats
extensions	directory	extent the default pNbody class with new methods (see my_default_extension.py)
rgb_tables	directory	color tables
plugins	directory	optional plugins
opt	directory	optional files