.pdvrc File Format¶

Note

The .pdvrc file allows the user to initialize PyDV settings at startup time. PyDV expects the .pdvrc file to be located in the User’s Home Directory. The format of the .pdvrc file is ‘key=value’. Below are all of the currently recognized settings.

xlabel=label¶

Set the label for the x-axis to label.

ylabel=label¶

Set the label for the y-axis to label.

title=str¶

Set the title for the plot to str.

menulength=length¶

Change the length of the menu before it prompts the user to press enter.

namewidth=width¶

Change the width of the curve_name column of the menu and lst output.

xlabelwidth=width¶

Change the width of the xlabel column of the menu and lst output.

ylabelwidth=width¶

Change the width of the ylabel column of the menu and lst output.

filenamewidth=width¶

Change the width of the fname column of the menu and lst output.

recordidwidth=width¶

Change the width of the record_id column of the menu and lst output.

key=ON | OFF¶

Show the legend if key=ON, otherwise hide it if key=OFF.

grid=ON | OFF¶

Show the plot grid if key=ON, otherwise hide it if key=OFF.

letters=ON | OFF¶

Show or hide letter markers on plotted curves.

geometry=val1 val2 val3 val4¶

Change the PyDV window size and location in pixels where val1 is the x-size, val2 is the y-size, val3 is the x-location, and val4 is the y-location.

initcommands=filename¶

Specify a file to run the initial commands.

fontsize=size¶

Change the font size

lnwidth=width¶

Change the default line width of the curves.

group=ON | OFF¶

Group plotted curves.