Configuration File (synthesis.cfg)

The Synthesis configuration file (synthesis.cfg) is stored in the Projects Directory and contains properties for configuring Synthesis.

The synthesis.cfg file stored in the Projects Directory contains configuration parameters for Synthesis. These parameters can be configured by editing the file directly, but are more commonly set in the Preferences Dialog.

The following block show the configurable properties in Synthesis found in the configuration file:

inetproxy-host=
proxy-user=
proxy-pwd=176e0b38060a519d89ff8fe69c866fc4
inetproxy-port=
proxy-use=no
proxy-url=
ezproxy-inst=<Manually Entered URL>
inetproxy-type=none
google-use=no
Configuration Property Description
inetproxy-host The name or IP address of the internet proxy host
proxy-user For EZ Proxy only, the user name
proxy-pwd For EZ Proxy only, the password
inetproxy-port The TCP port for the proxy host configured in the inetproxy-host property.
proxy-use For EZ Proxy only, "yes" or "no" whether or not to use EZ Proxy when downloading PDFs
proxy-url For EZ Proxy only, the URL of the EZ Proxy service. This is only used if "ezproxy-inst" is "<Manually Entered URL>"
ezproxy-inst For EZ Proxy only, the institution through which EZ Proxy service is being used. If this is "<Manually Entered URL>" then proxy-url (above) mus tbe defined.
inetproxy-type The Internet proxy that Synthesis will use:
  • none - Synthesis will connect to the internet directly
  • manual - Synthesis will connect to the internet proxy defined in "inetproxy-host" and "inetproxy-port" above.
  • system - Synthesis will use the internet proxy settings from the underlying operating system
google-use When downloading PDFs, "yes" whether to try using Google Scholar to find PDFs not reachable from the links available in the reference itself.
Note: If you change Projects Directories in the Preferences Dialog, the configuration file will not be copied to the new directory and any settings will be lost.
Note: The configuration keys above are confusing, since proxy-user, proxy-pwd, proxy-use, proxy-url all reference to EZ Proxy and not to internet proxy.