XQuad permits the user to define certain configuration parameters by default:

• Font configuration
• Color configuration
• Style configuration
• Numeric format configuration
• Help configuration
• Printer configuration
• License Server configuration
   

These parameters are described in the "xquadrc" file. Each user may also add his or her own default parameter definitions by creating an ".xquadrc" file in the home directory.

XQuad reads configuration files sequentially in this order:

1. "xquadrc"
2. ".xquadrc"

Configuration file syntax:

XQuad's configuration files are stored in several overlapping sections. Each section begins with "\TYPESECTION {", where TYPESECTION is the specified word indicating the section type. Sections end with a closing bracket "}". The structure of an XQuad configuration file takes on the following form:

\CONFIG{
    \FONTLIST{
        \FONT{...}
        \FONT{...}
    }
    \COLORLIST{
        \COLOR0{...}
        ...
        \COLORN{...}
    }
    \STYLELIST{
        \STYLE0{...}
        ...
        \STYLEN{...}
    }
    \FORMATLIST{
        \FORMAT0{...}
        ...
        \FORMATN{...}
    }
    \HELP_CONFIG{
    \PRINTER{...}
    \KEYSERVER{...}
}

Main section of the configuration file. A configuration file must begin with: "\CONFIG {" and end with the corresponding closing bracket "}". Each element's configuration section appears between two brackets.