Grok your settings directory
Posted on September 9th, 1997 by shacker
If there’s something in BeOS or one of your applications that should be customizable but you can’t find a widget anywhere to tweak its settings, there’s a chance that it’s controlled by a setting lurking in a subdirectory of the /boot/home/config/settings/ directory. Even if the app does provide a widget, you may prefer to work with the settings files directly.
Some examples:
- NetPositive’s cache is stored in the NetPositive subdirectory (unfortunately, the N+ settings file here won’t let you change the default startup page, as it appears it might.
- BeMail signatures are stored as plain text files in the BeMail subdirectory.
- Printers can be removed from the list of printers you’ve added by removing their data files from the Printers subdirectory.
- Terminal color/font schemes can be stored as alternates (the active one is always called Terminal; rename your backups with meaningful names and then swap the file names when needed).
You’ll find many more files and directories inside this hierarchy — experiment!