diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c303b0..4efd0f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@
 # vim
 *.swp
 *~
-
-config.h
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f56d2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
+
+static char *fontfallbacks[] = {
+  "mono",
+  "JoyPixels",
+};
+#define NUMFONTSCALES 42
+#define FONTSZ(x) ((int)(10.0 * powf(1.1288, (x)))) /* x in [0, NUMFONTSCALES-1] */
+
+static const char *colors[] = {
+  "#000000", /* foreground color */
+  "#FFFFFF", /* background color */
+};
+
+static const float linespacing = 1.4;
+
+/* how much screen estate is to be used at max for the content */
+static const float usablewidth = 0.75;
+static const float usableheight = 0.75;
+
+/* height of the presentation progress bar */
+static const int progressheight = 5;
+
+static Mousekey mshortcuts[] = {
+  /* button         function        argument */
+  { Button1,        advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { Button3,        advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { Button4,        advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { Button5,        advance,        {.i = +1} },
+};
+
+static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
+  /* keysym         function        argument */
+  { XK_Escape,      quit,           {0} },
+  { XK_q,           quit,           {0} },
+  { XK_Right,       advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_Left,        advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { XK_Return,      advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_space,       advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_BackSpace,   advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { XK_l,           advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_h,           advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { XK_j,           advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_k,           advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { XK_Down,        advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_Up,          advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { XK_Next,        advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_Prior,       advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { XK_n,           advance,        {.i = +1} },
+  { XK_p,           advance,        {.i = -1} },
+  { XK_r,           reload,         {0} },
+};
+
+static Filter filters[] = {
+  { "\\.ff$", "cat" },
+  { "\\.ff.bz2$", "bunzip2" },
+  { "\\.[a-z0-9]+$", "2ff" },
+};