Configuration file

eboxy reads the configuration file ~/.eboxy/eboxy.conf on startup if it exists. The file consists of one setting per line, with setting name and value separated by an equals character.

Available settings

Table 3.8. Configuration file settings

SettingDescriptionDefault
widthWidth of the output640
heightHeight of the output480
depthBit depth of the output (bpp)16
interfacepluginInterface plugin to usesdl_gui
fontpathSearch path for fonts. Multiple paths separated by colons.n/a
imagepathSearch path for images. Multiple paths separated by colons.n/a

If a command line option is specified that has an equivalent in the configuration file, the command line option takes precedence.

For the font and image paths, eboxy always looks in the directory where the XML file is located first, before searching in the specified path(s).

Example

width=800
height=600
fontpath=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype:/home/paul/eboxy-skin
imagepath=/usr/share/pixmaps:/usr/share/images:/home/paul/eboxy-skin