--- a/docs/settingchanges.rst	Thu Feb 11 14:46:50 2010 -0500
+++ b/docs/settingchanges.rst	Thu Feb 11 16:07:24 2010 -0500
@@ -2,11 +2,95 @@
 Features requiring only parameter changes
 =========================================
 
-Multiline commands
-==================
+Several aspects of a ``cmd2`` application's behavior
+can be controlled simply by setting attributes of ``App``.
+
+(To define your own user-settable parameters, see :ref:`parameters`
 
 Case-insensitivity
 ==================
 
+By default, all ``cmd2`` command names are case-insensitive; 
+``sing the blues`` and ``SiNg the blues`` are equivalent.  To change this, 
+set ``App.case_insensitive`` to False.
+
+Whether or not you set ``case_insensitive``, *please do not* define
+command method names with any uppercase letters.  ``cmd2`` will probably
+do something evil if you do.
+
+Multiline commands
+==================
+
+Like cmd_, ``cmd2`` assumes that a line break ends any command.
+However, ``App.multilineCommands`` is a list of commands that are assumed to span
+multiple lines.  For these commands 
+
+``cmd2.Cmd.multilineCommands`` defaults to [], so you may set your own list
+of multiline command names (without ``do_``)::
+
+    class App(Cmd):
+        multilineCommands = ['lenghtycommand']
+        def do_lengthycommand(self, args):
+            # ...
+          
+
+Shortcuts
+=========
+
+Special-character shortcuts for common commands can make life more convenient for your
+users.  Shortcuts are used without a space separating them from their arguments,
+like ``!ls``.  By default, the following shortcuts are defined:
+
+  ``?``
+    help
+    
+  ``!`` 
+    shell: run as OS-level command
+    
+  ``@``
+    load script file
+    
+  ``@@``
+    load script file; filename is relative to current script location
+    
+To define more shortcuts, update the dict ``App.shortcuts`` with the
+{'shortcut': 'command_name'} (omit ``do_``)::
+
+  class App(Cmd2):
+      Cmd2.shortcuts.update({'*': 'sneeze', '~': 'squirm'})
+
+Timing
+======
+
+Setting ``App.timing`` to ``True`` outputs timing data after
+every application command is executed.  |settable|
+
+Debug
+=====
+
+Setting ``App.debug`` to ``True`` will produce detailed error stacks
+whenever the application generates an error.  |settable|
+
+.. |settable| replace:: The user can ``set`` this parameter
+                        during application execution.  
+                        (See :ref:`parameters`)
+
+.. _quiet:
+
+Quiet
+=====
+
+Controls whether ``self.pfeedback('message')`` output is suppressed;
+useful for non-essential feedback that the user may not always want
+to read.  Only relevant if :ref:`outputters` are used.
+
+Settability
+===========
+
+If you wish the user to be able to set one of these
+application-controlling attributes while the application 
+is running, add its name to ``App.settable``.  See
+:ref:`parameters`.
+
 Abbreviated commands
 ====================