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A per-user configuration file in the home directory containing name and email values read by new.py.

.new.py is a per-user configuration file stored in the home directory. It supplies the name and email values that new.py writes into generated Python program headers. section 1.13

Example configuration

Create ~/.new.py with one value per line, using this format: name=Ken Youens-Clark email=kyclark@gmail.com Afterward, new.py can use these values when generating a program from its template. section 1.13

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