Index: gnu-apl.d/preferences.in
--- gnu-apl.d/preferences.in.orig
+++ gnu-apl.d/preferences.in
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
 # requires that certain environment variables (e.g. TERM) are set properly
 # and that your terminfo database contains the terminal you use.
 #
-  Color         ANSI (default)
+# Color         ANSI (default)
 # Color 	CURSES
-# Color 	No
+Color 	No
 #
 # If you want to disable coloring initially, but switch to curses if the
 # command ]COLOR (or the equivalent but now obsolete command ]XTERM)
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@
 #
 # The corresponding command line options are --SV and --noSV
 #
-  SharedVars    Enabled	    (default)
-# SharedVars    Disabled
+# SharedVars    Enabled	    (default)
+SharedVars    Disabled
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ BACKUP_BEFORE_SAVE  yes
 # a (small) positive number below. Note thsat the interpreter will always
 # exit if a large number of ^Ds (or EOFs) are read within a short while.
 #
-CONTROL-Ds-TO-EXIT 0
+CONTROL-Ds-TO-EXIT 1
 
 
 ###############################################################################
