+### Global Settings
+
+The following global configuration options exist:
+
+- `setup_exec`: Script to run _before_ creating the lock file etc.
+- `pre_exec`: Pre-execution script, run before all jobs.
+- `post_exec`: Post-execution script, run after all jobs.
+
+In Addition, all job configuration options (see below) that have a "default_XXX"
+variant can be used and define default values for all jobs that don't overwrite
+them individually.
+
+