8.2 The File pointlessrc

The resource file pointlessrc is read in from the home directory of the user. If not present, the system-wide file is used.

The file is divided in sections, started by a line containing ``[SECTIONNAME]''. In each section, lines contains a 'key=value' pair.

Possible sections are: DEFAULT, WINDOW and EXPORT. Possible keys are:

Key  Section  Meaning 
default_fontname DEFAULT Font to be chosen as default
default_fontsize DEFAULT Fontsize to be chosen as default
path DEFAULT Additional search path
loglevel DEFAULT Level of output from pointless. Possible values: WARNING, INFO, DEBUG
widht WINDOW Width of the window used for the slide-show
height WINDOW Height of the window used for the slide-show
xoffset WINDOW Offset of the window in x-direction on the desktop
yoffset WINDOW Offset of the window in y-direction on the desktop
templatefile EXPORT File to use as template when exporting information about screendumps
firsttemplatefile EXPORT File to use as template when exporting information about first screendump
lasttemplatefile EXPORT File to use as template when exporting information about last screendump
indexfile EXPORT File to use as template when exporting index on screendumps

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