NAME
    SetPrefs -- Set Intuition preferences data.

SYNOPSIS
    Prefs = SetPrefs( PrefBuffer, Size, Inform )
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    struct Preferences *SetPrefs( struct Preferences *, LONG, BOOL );

FUNCTION
    Sets new preferences values.  Copies the first 'Size' bytes
    from your preferences buffer to the system preferences table,
    and puts them into effect.

    The 'Inform' parameter, if TRUE, indicates that an IDCMP_NEWPREFS
    message is to be sent to all windows that have the IDCMP_NEWPREFS
    IDCMPFlag set.

    It is legal to set a partial copy of the Preferences structure.
    The most frequently changed values are grouped at the beginning
    of the Preferences structure.

    New for V36:  A new and more extensible method for supplying
    Preferences has been introduced in V36, and relies on file
    system notification.  The Intuition preferences items rely
    also on the IPrefs program.  Certain elements of the
    Preferences structure have been superceded by this new method.
    Pointer changes submitted through SetPrefs() are only heeded
    until the first time IPrefs informs Intuition of a V36-style
    pointer.ilbm preferences file.  The Preferences FontHeight and
    LaceWB fields are respected only from the system-configuration
    file, and never thereafter.  As well, the view centering and
    size apply only to the default monitor, and not to such modes
    as Productivity.  Other fields may be superceded in the future.

INPUTS
    PrefBuffer = pointer to the memory buffer which contains your
        desired settings for Intuition preferences
    Size = the number of bytes in your PrefBuffer, the number of bytes
       you want copied to the system's internal preference settings
    Inform = whether you want the information of a new preferences
        setting propagated to all windows.

NOTES
    Unless you are responding to a user's explicit request to
    change Preferences (for example, you are writing a Preferences
    editor), you should probably avoid using this function.
    The user's Preferences should be respected, not overridden.

RESULT
    Returns your parameter PrefBuffer.

BUGS

SEE ALSO
    GetDefPrefs(), GetPrefs()

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