The configuration file
default.properties of the front-end is located in the Promethee installation path, and may be overloaded with the custom file
my.properties, located in the user Promethee home directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin\.Promethee\my.properties on Windows, or
/home/mylogin/.Promethee/my.properties in Linux.
The following keys may be changed in these files:
Network proxy configuration
proxy.host=192.168.1.123
to define the
HTTP proxy host or IP
proxy.username=myusername
to define the username (if needed) for the proxy access
proxy.port=8080
to define the proxy port
proxy.domain=
to define the proxy domain name (if needed)
proxy.password=ABCDEFGHIKL
the proxy password associated to the username. This field is stored in a crypted key.
Math. engine setup
R.server=R://123.456.789:6311
to setup the R server math engine. If this field is provided, it implies that a running Rserve instance is available at the given address & port. Otherwise, a Rserve instance will be automatically started when Promethee
GUI is launched.
R.home=/usr/lib/R
to customize the R installation path when using a local R/RServe.
R.source=MySource.R
to initialize the R sessions started sourcing the given .R file.
R.load=MyData.Rdata
to initialize the R sessions started loading the given .Rdata file.
R.verbose=true
to ask for an extended verbosity of the R environment
User interface parameters
view.calculators=true
to enable/disable the visiblilty of the whole pool of calculators available.
notify.sound=false
to enable/disbale sound notification of ending projects
notify.popup=false
to enable/disbale popup notification of ending projects
iconify=true
to let the Promethee user interface to be reduced as a regular window
model.filter=!FakeCode *
to setup a filter on code type visible and selectable by the user
offline=true
to disable waiting UI when internet not available
url.timeout=5000
to change the network latency parameter
font.size=12
to customize UI font size
font=Arial
to customize UI font
font.data=Monospaced
to customize UI font for code I/O data
Embedded back-end startup
calculator.xml=file:mycalculator.xml (available in 1.1 version)
to start a computing back-end when the front-end starts. This feature is dedicated to standalone usage of Promethee.
calculator=2 (available in 1.1 version)
to start multiple back-end when the front-end starts. This feature is dedicated to standalone usage of Promethee on multi-CPU desktop. If a negative number is given, it will be added to the total number of CPU available on the machine.
Desktop integration customization
editor=scite (available in 1.1 version)
to overload the default
ASCII editor used by Promethee when calling an external editor (in results analysis or input modeling). If this field is not provided, the default system editor is used.
editor.dat=editdat (available in 1.1 version)
to overload the editor used for .dat files (rplace .dat by whatever you want).
brower=firefox
to force a brower to be used instead of desktop default one
filemanager=
to force a file manager to be used instead of desktop default one
