Configuration File Format
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   All the configuration files follow a simple line-oriented `KEYWORD
VALUE' format.  Empty lines are ignored, as are leading spaces; unlike
HDB, lines with leading spaces are read.  The first word on each line
is a keyword.  The rest of the line is interpreted according to the
keyword.  Most keywords are followed by numbers, boolean values or
simple strings with no embedded spaces.

   The `#' character is used for comments.  Everything from a `#' to
the end of the line is ignored unless the `#' is preceded by a `\'
(backslash); if the `#' is preceeded by a `\', the `\' is removed but
the `#' remains in the line.  This can be useful for a phone number
containing a `#'.  To enter the sequence `\#', use `\\#'.

   The backslash character may be used to continue lines.  If the last
character in a line is a backslash, the backslash is removed and the
line is continued by the next line.  The second line is attached to the
first with no intervening characters; if you want any whitespace between
the end of the first line and the start of the second line, you must
insert it yourself.

   However, the backslash is not a general quoting character.  For
example, you cannot use it to get an embedded space in a string
argument.

   Everything after the keyword must be on the same line.  A BOOLEAN
may be specified as `y', `Y', `t', or `T' for true and `n', `N', `f',
or `F' for false; any trailing characters are ignored, so `true',
`false', etc., are also acceptable.