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# Save properties OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES GENERAL NOTES ABOUT PROPERTIES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### In 'Properties' menus
## DESCRIPTION
### Saves the userdefined setup (colours, fonts, ...) to property files. These files are located in the directory pointed to by the environmentvariable $ARB_PROP (which defaults to '~/.arb_prop' in your home directory). See also ´ARB environment variables´.
## NOTES
### To reset ARB to it's defaults simply remove one/all *.arb files from the directory '~/.arb_prop' ### The files in ~/.arb_prop are textfiles. Advanced users may remove or change single sections or entries. ### You can hand over your properties to another user by giving him your property-files.
## GENERAL NOTES ABOUT PROPERTIES
### Most settings you can change in ARB are saved either to properties or with your database. ### Nevertheless some setting are not stored anywhere (some intentionally, some by mistake). ### Please notify arb@arb-home.de if you think a setting should be saved in properties (instead of always setting the same useless default value) a setting should be saved in the database instead of properties (or vice versa)
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### Better make backups of these files before you change them. ### Be careful with ARB_MERGE: It uses the same properties as ARB_NT!
## BUGS
### No bugs known