Setting a Custom Location for the Shortcuts Configuration File on GNU/Linux

It is recommended to locate the shortcuts.conf in on of the following locations:

  • Single user: vi ~/"ToonBoomAnimation/shortcuts.conf".

  • All users: vi ~/".local/share/Toon Boom Animation/shortcuts.conf" .

    TIP All users will requires administrator privileges.

It is possible to specify for shortcuts.conf in the USADB_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.

An administrator can place the shortcuts.conf file in a specific location that can be edited by any user, and set the environment variable to point to this file for all users.

On GNU/Linux, it is common to set environment variables for both the Bash and CSH shells, so that they may be used interchangeably. The following steps cover how to do both.

  1. First, create a shortcuts.conf configuration file in the preferred location—see Configuring the Shortcuts File on GNU/Linux.

  2. Then, do one of the following:

    • If you are setting the location of shortcuts.conf for your user only, enter the following command in a terminal to edit the Bash script that runs when you log in:

      $ vi ~/.bash_profile

    • If you are setting the location of shortcuts.conf for all users, enter the following command in a terminal to edit the Bash script that runs when any user logs in:

      $ sudo vi /etc/profile

  3. At the end of the script, add the following line, replacing <path to shortcuts.conf> with the absolute (full) path to the shortcuts.conf file you created:

    export USADB_CONFIG_FILE="<path to shortcuts.conf>"
  4. Save and quit.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • If you are setting the location of shortcuts.conf for your user only, enter the following command in a terminal to edit the CSH script that runs when you log in:

      $ vi ~/.login

    • If you are setting the location of shortcuts.conf for all users, enter the following command in a terminal to edit the CSH script that runs when any user logs in:

      $ sudo vi /etc/csh.login

  6. At the end of the script, add the following line, replacing <path to shortcuts.conf> with the absolute (full) path to the shortcuts.conf file you created:

    setenv USADB_CONFIG_FILE "<path to shortcuts.conf>"
  7. Reboot.