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Dan Smith, 07/02/2023 08:51 PM
| 1 | 1 | Dan Smith | This is a list of "unadvertised" settings that CHIRP will honor from the config file. This allows some advanced tweaking of things that are not otherwise exposed in the GUI. Note that these are **not a stable interface** and are subject to change without notice. |
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| 3 | The `chirp.config` file is an [INI-style file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file), stored in `%APPDATA%\CHIRP` on Windows and `~/.chirp` on macOS/Linux. |
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| 7 | 2 | Dan Smith | | `printing` | `font_size` | Integer | A font size to use for printable output (default = 8) | |
| 8 | | `printing` | `rows_per_page` | Integer | The number of memory rows we will assume fit on a page (default = 35) | |
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| 9 | | `prefs` | `force_language` | String | Override system locale detection and use this language (ISO language code like `en`, `es`, etc | |
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| 10 | 3 | Dan Smith | | `prefs` | `keep_backups_days` | Integer | Override the number of days (default = 365) that CHIRP will keep backups of each download. Set to -1 to keep forever, 0 to keep none. | |
| 11 | 1 | Dan Smith | | `prefs` | `open_default_all_formats` | Boolean | Whether or not to default to "all formats" in *File > Open* | |
| 12 | | `prefs` | `restore_tabs` | Boolean | Whether or not to re-open tabs that were previously open across restarts | |
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| 13 | 2 | Dan Smith | | `prefs` | `stock_configs` | String | Override the user's stock_configs directory to this path | |
| 14 | 1 | Dan Smith | | `state` | `favorite_ports` | String | A comma-separated list of ports to always show in the ports dialog, even if not present (or virtual/network) | |