+.B INTERACTIVE
+Set to "n" if you want to perform automatic rips, without user intervention.
+.TP
+.B NICE VALUES
+Define the values for priorities (nice values) for the different CPU-hungry
+processes: encoding (ENCNICE), CDROM read (READNICE) and distributed encoder
+with distmp3 (DISTMP3NICE).
+.TP
+.B PATHNAMES
+The following configuration file options specify the pathnames of their
+respective utilities: LAME, GOGO, BLADEENC, L3ENC, XINGMP3ENC, MP3ENC, VORBIZE,
+OGGENC, FLAC, SPEEXENC, MPPENC, ID3, ID3V2, CDPARANOIA, CDDA2WAV, CDDAFS,
+CDDISCID, CDDBTOOL, EJECT, MD5SUM, DISTMP3, VORBISCOMMENT, NORMALIZE, CDSPEED
+and HTTPGET.
+.TP
+.B COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
+If you wish to specify command-line options to any of the programs abcde
+uses, set the following configuration file options: LAMEOPTS, GOGOOPTS,
+BLADEENCOPTS, L3ENCOPTS, XINGMP3ENCOPTS, MP3ENCOPTS, VORBIZEOPTS, OGGENCOPTS,
+FLACOPTS, SPEEXENCOPTS, MPPENCOPTS, ID3OPTS, ID3V2OPTS, CDPARANOIAOPTS,
+CDDA2WAVOPTS, CDDAFSOPTS, CDDBTOOLOPTS, EJECTOPTS, DISTMP3OPTS, NORMALIZEOPTS,
+CDSPEEDOPTS and HTTPGETOPTS.
+.TP
+.B CDSPEEDVALUE
+Set the value of the CDROM speed. The default is to read the disc as fast as
+the reading program and the system permits. The steps are defined as 150kB/s
+(1x).
+.TP
+.B ACTIONS
+The default actions to be performed when reading a disc.
+.TP
+.B CDROM
+If set, it points to the CD-Rom device which has to be used for audio
+extraction. Abcde tries to guess the right device, but it may fail.