# File lib/rbot/config.rb, line 238
    def reset_config
      @items = Hash.new
      @config = Hash.new(false)

      # We allow default values for config keys to be overridden by
      # the config file /etc/rbot.conf
      # The main purpose for this is to allow distro or system-wide
      # settings such as external program paths (figlet, toilet, ispell)
      # to be set once for all the bots.
      @overrides = Hash.new
      etcfile = "/etc/rbot.conf"
      if File.exist?(etcfile)
        log "Loading defaults from #{etcfile}"
        etcconf = YAML::load_file(etcfile)
        etcconf.each { |k, v|
          @overrides[k.to_sym] = v
        }
      end
    end