tartrc(5)

🎀 tartrc — the LinuxTaRT config file vibe 💅

okay bestie, so this is the manual for tartrc, aka the LinuxTaRT configuration file format. it's a section 5 page, so it's all about files, not commands. strap in 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

.tartrc — the configuration file for LinuxTaRT 🌈

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

LinuxTaRT reads a config file called tartrc. fr fr, it goes looking for it in exactly one (1) place, and that place is:

~/.tartrc

that's it. that's the whole search path. no cap 💀

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💖 PARAMETERS 💖

these are the settings you can put in your tartrc, and honestly they're giving main character energy. here's every single one, no skips 👑

• CustomText1 = string — your signature header, or the text that gets swapped in for %c1 in the template. slay.
• CustomText2 = string — your signature footer, or the text that gets swapped in for %c2 in the template. the matching twin 🫶
• SignatureFile = /path/to/signature_file — where the signature file lives and what it's called. this is the file the signature gets written to.
• TagLineDatabase = /path/to/tagline_database — where the tagline database lives and what it's called. (defaults to /etc/tart.tags, iykyk)
• SpecialDates = /path/to/special_dates — where the special date file lives and what it's called 🗓️
• CustomFile = /path/to/template — where the layout template lives and what it's called.

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🌟 the override squad 🌟

these next ones? they can be overridden from the command line. so flexible, so iconic 💅

• RunQuiet = 0|1 — controls whether info gets displayed while it's running. (the original manpage spells this "executution" and honestly? same energy 😭)
• ShowDate = 0|1 — show the date in the default signature, yes or no.
• ShowVersion = 0|1 — show the LinuxTaRT version in the default signature.
• CenterText = 0|1 — center the text in the default signature. aesthetically necessary, obviously ✨
• UseCustomText = 0|1 — generate the signature from your template, or just use the default layout. pick your fighter.
• UseSpecialDates = 0|1 — check the special date file for special dates 🎂
• RunAsDaemon = seconds — run as a daemon and wait this many seconds between updates. living its life in the background, lowkey mysterious 🧚

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🦋 FILES 🦋

• ~/.tartrc

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

tart(1) tartdates(5) tart-custom(5)

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ok and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💖 go forth and configure ✨

Mark Veinot wrote this one, version 1.0.0 era, and this whole tartrc(5) situation is giving absolute classic. mwah 💋🎀