this is required so we can elegantly swap out an old config for a
new one in the future and remove lots of boilerplate from config
initialization code.
unfortunately this is a quite intrusive change as the config struct
was accessed in numerous places, but frankly it should have been
done via a pointer right from the start.
right now, we simply point to a static struct in main.c, so there
shouldn't be any noticeable changes in behaviour.
The modified files were indented with GNU indent using the
following command:
indent -npro -kr -i8 -ts8 -sob -l80 -ss -cs -cp1 -bs -nlps -nprs -pcs \
-saf -sai -saw -sc -cdw -ce -nut -il0
No other changes of any sort were made.
The notices have been changed to a more GNU look. Documentation
comments have been separated from the copyright header. I've tried to
keep all copyright notices intact. Some author contact details have
been updated.
