A configuration at the user interface level is a set of settings grouped under a configuration's name, and residing inside the database. The settings are related to the display and user preferences in general.
The contents of a configuration are written both by the Display/Store settings command and the Files/Preferences window.
When manitou is launched without the --config parameter specifying
what configuration to use, it chooses its configuration name by
combining the hostname and the operating system name of the machine it runs on
(example: myhost-linux).
In order for a user to use the same configuration on different
workstations, or if several users share the same workstation but want
different configurations , the --config command-line parameter has to be
used.
Under MS-Windows, the operating system name is "windows", no matter the version and flavour.
Restrictions
It is not possible to switch between different configurations at runtime: restarting the user interface is required for that. Note that this does not affect user identities.