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Default configuration
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**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 |
+------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| rgb_tables | directory | color tables |
+------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| plugins | directory | optional plugins |
+------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| opt | directory | optional files |
+------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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