PREFERENCES
This command displays a dialog box for selecting an input file (see
FILE INPUT) specifying preferred parameter settings. This input file is
executed immediately, and again after the initialization file
(INTKEY.INI) of each new data set. The default file type is .PRF, and
the default directory is the one containing the program. The settings
associated with the operating mode initially selected by the user (see
"Modes of Operation", under "Introduction") are
also reset at the start of each new data set. The order of setting
parameters is: initialization file, operating mode, preferences file.
You can also specify a preferences file to be automatically invoked
when the program starts: see "Data-Sets Index and Startup
Parameters" under "Introduction".
Example of "preferences" file
*SHOW Preferences: SET AUTOTOLERANCE ON, DISPLAY NUMBERING ON
*SET AUTOTOLERANCE ON
*DISPLAY NUMBERING ON
Syntax of command line: PREFERENCES filename