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3.5.10  The configuration file: widget_size cas_setup xcas_mode xyztrange

When you save changes to your configuration, they are stored in a configuration file, which will be .xcasrc in your home directory in Unix and xcas.rc in Windows. This file will have four functions – widget_size, cas_setup, xcas_mode and xyztrange – which determine the configuration and which are evaluated when Xcas starts.

The widget_size command sets properties of the opening Xcas window.

The cas_setup command determines how computations will be performed.

The xcas_mode command determines what computer language Xcas will use (see Section 3.5.2).

The xyztrange command sets or returns the values of the graphics configuration.


To set the values:

Note that the viewing window is not the same as the calculation window; if the calculation window is larger than the visible window, then you can scroll to bring other parts of the calculation window into view.


To return the values:


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