    # 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