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When Geomview is started, it loads and executes commands in a system-wide startup file named `.geomview'. This file is in the `data' subdirectory of the Geomview distribution directory and contains gcl commands to configure Geomview in a way common to all users on the system.
Next, Geomview looks for the file `~/.geomview' (`~' stands for your home directory). You can use this to configure your own default Geomview behavior to suit your tastes.
After reading `~/.geomview', Geomview looks for a file named `.geomview' in the current directory. If such a file exists Geomview reads it, unless it is the same as `~/.geomview' (which would be the case if you are running Geomview from your home directory). You can use the current directory's `.geomview' to create a Geomview customization specific to a certain project.
You can use `.geomview' files to control all kinds of things about
Geomview. They can contain any valid gcl statements. Especially
useful is the ui-panel
command which controls the initial
placement of Geomview's panels. For an example see the system-wide
`.geomview' file mentioned above. For details of gcl,
See section 7. gcl: the Geomview Command Language.
It is a good idea to enclose all the commands you put in a
`.geomview' file in a progn
statement in order to cause
Geomview to execute them all at once. Otherwise Geomview might execute
them sequentially over the first few refresh cycles after starting up.