---
name: "prestimelrc"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "prestimel"
version: "1:1.0-3.2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/prestimelrc"
---

# prestimelrc(5)

## NAME

prestimelrc is the configuration-file for PresTiMeL

## DESCRIPTION

After starting [**prestimel**(1)](/prestimel/1.md), all parameters will be initialized with hard-coded default values. These default values may be overridden with the values defined in the configuration-file **.prestimelrc** located in your home directory, or by a configuration-file specified with the commandline option **-c**.

## SYNTAX

- **# some comments**

  Empty lines and lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored.

- **path-to-themes =** *themepath*

  Set the path where PresTiMeL will search for themes.

- **theme =** *theme*

  Set the theme that should be used for the presentations.

- **disable-xml-settings =** *yes\|no*

  If set to *yes*, the settings stored in the XML-file will be ignored. If this option is omitted or set to *no*, the settings in the XML-file are enabled. Note, that these XML-settings may override the settings of the configuration-file.

- **resolution =** *resolution*

  Sets the resolution for the HTML-slides. Possible values are *640x480*, *800x600* and *1024x768*.

- **sloppy-buttons =** *yes\|no*

  If set to *yes*, the buttons will be placed below the content of the slide rather than at a fixed position. If this option is omitted or set to *no*, the buttons will be placed at a fixed position at the bottom of your browser-window.

- **top-navigation =** *yes\|no*

  If set to *yes*, the navigation-buttons will be placed on the top of the slides.

- **print-outline =** *yes\|no*

  If set to *yes*, the LaTeX-output will use the documentclass "article" rather than "seminar".

## EXAMPLES

An example for prestimelrc can be found in the PresTiMeL-distribution. It can be used as a basis for your own configuration-files.

## AUTHOR

Bernhard Trummer \<bernhard.trummer@gmx.at\> Benjamin Drieu \<bdrieu@april.org\>

## SEE ALSO

 **prestimel**(1)