.. currentmodule:: taurus.qt.qtgui.panel

.. _configurations:

Browse Taurus configurations
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Taurus provides a user interface for browsing ``TaurusMainWindow`` settings
files (``.ini`` files). It allows advanced users to inspect and edit the
perspectives stored in a Taurus GUI configuration. The configuration tree is
organized in branches, with each perspective at the root of a branch.

Launch the configuration browser
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Browse the configuration of a ``TaurusMainWindow``-based application, such as
a TaurusGUI application, with::

	taurus config [<configuration.ini>]

Run the following command for more details::

    taurus config --help

The figure below shows a configuration containing three perspectives:
``LAST``, ``second_perspective``, and ``third_perspective``. ``LAST`` is a
special perspective stored automatically when the GUI closes; it reflects the
state of the GUI at that time. The other perspectives were saved explicitly
during the TaurusGUI session.

.. figure:: /_static/taurusconfigbrowser.png
  :align: center

  Taurus configuration browser with a perspective unfolded to show the panel entries