Configuration File Syntax

The configuration file (often refered to as the netrekrc) is a regular text file that can contain comments, empty lines and configuration definitions.

Comments

Every line that has hashmark (#) as its first character is a comment line and will be ignored.

Configuration Options

The general syntax for any of the configuration options is:

keyword: <value>

All configuration option keywords are case insensitive

Most of option keywords can have three additional suffixes to enable fine tuning of options:

The precedence for the keywords is as follows:

There are three types of values that can appear in the configuration:

Examples: