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My preferred preferences in Maya
// Interface
mouse -enableScrollWheel false;
optionVar -iv showHomeScreenOnStartup false;
appHome -instrument TOGGLE_SHOW_ON_STARTUP_false;
appHome -iconVisible false;
// Manipulators
manipOptions -hs 50;
manipOptions -ls 4;
manipOptions -rememberActiveHandleAfterToolSwitch 0;
manipOptions -r -s 0.5;
optionVar -iv useMultiTouchGestures false; multiTouch -gestures false;
// Animation
optionVar -intValue "graphEdSnapToAdjacentValues" false;
optionVar -intValue "graphEdLmbMovesSelections" false;
keyTangent -edit -global -weightedTangents 1;
optionVar -intValue "graphEditorAutoFit" false; checkBoxGrp -e -en false "graphEdAutoFrameTimeChk";
optionVar -intValue "graphEditorAutoKeySize" false;
// Cameras
optionVar -fv "defaultFitFactor" 1;
// Files
optionVar -iv FileDialogHideExtension false;
optionVar -intValue displayCrashInfo false;
// References
animDisplay -edit -refAnimCurvesEditable true;
optionVar -iv refLockEditable true;
// Selection
optionVar -intValue "ChannelBox_ClearSelectionOnObjectSelectionChange" true;
selectPref -sch 2;
// Sound
timeControl -e -waveform bottom $gPlayBackSlider;
// Time slider
playbackOptions -v "all";
toggleChannelBoxTimelineSync true;
// Undo
undoInfo -infinity on;
// Don't load paint effects
optionVar -iv loadUrchin 0;
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