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Last modified: December 2007

URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/chips4.0/load_preferences.py.html
AHELP for ChIPS 4.0 load_preferences Context: py.chips

Synopsis

Loads ChIPS preferences from a file.

Syntax

load_preferences([filename])

Description

  • filename - an existing preferences file.

The load_preferences command loads ChIPS preferences from the specified file, which was created with the save_preferences command. If no filename is supplied, ChIPS attempts to load "$HOME/.chips.rc". An error is printed if that file does not exist.

See "ahelp py.chips preferences" for general information on the attribute values and settings in ChIPS.

Example 1

chips> load_preferences("/some/path/chips.pref")

Load preferences from the file "/some/path/chips.pref".

Example 2

chips> load_preferences()

Load preferences from the file "$HOME/.chips.rc".

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the ChIPS website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Last modified: December 2007



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