# 7 Configuring Pyxplot

In Parts I and II, we encountered numerous configuration options within Pyxplot which can controlled using the `set` command. There are times, however, when many plots are wanted in a homogeneous style, or when a single plot is repeatedly generated, when it is desirable to change the default set of configuration options with which Pyxplot starts up, in order to avoid having to repeated enter a large number of `set` commands. In this chapter, we describe the use of configuration files to program Pyxplot’s default state.

- 7.1 Configuration files
- 7.2 An example configuration file
- 7.3 Setting definitions
  - 7.3.1 The `filters` section
  - 7.3.2 The `settings` section
  - 7.3.3 The `styling` section
  - 7.3.4 The `terminal` section
  - 7.3.5 The `units` section
- 7.4 Recognised color names