Default resource type : the default resource type when the resource window is opened.
GUI style: the general "look-and-feel" of the program GUI (currently only the standard QT GUI styles are available)
Picedit style: allows to split the Picture Editor window in two windows (tools and picture separately) in case if one big window doesn't fit the screen.
Extract logic as: how to extract logic files when the option "Extract resource" is used.
Logic source directory : the place for the logic sources (also the default starting directory for "read file" and "save file" options for various resources)
Template: the directory which contains the template game.
Help: the directory which contains the help files.
Note that all the Linux AGI interpreters (at time of writing) are not fully functional, so for the thorough testing of your game, you'll have to run it under DOS using some DOS interpreter (see creating_new_games).