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write_to_movie option failed in manim.cfg

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Description

## Description of bug / unexpected behavior

`write_to_movie` option in manim.cfg cannot be detected. but the command line `--write_to_movie` works

## Expected behavior

if we write `write_to_movie = True` in manim.cfg and use it as config file, then we don't need to use `--write_to_movie`

## How to reproduce the issue

run these two comman line:
```
manim main.py -c manim.cfg
manim main.py -c manim.cfg --write_to_movie
```

main.py

```py
from manim import *
class DefaultTemplate(Scene):
def construct(self):
circle = Circle() # create a circle
circle.set_fill(PINK, opacity=0.5) # set color and transparency

square = Square() # create a square
square.flip(RIGHT) # flip horizontally
square.rotate(-3 * TAU / 8) # rotate a certain amount

self.play(Create(square)) # animate the creation of the square
self.play(Transform(square, circle)) # interpolate the square into the circle
self.play(FadeOut(square)) # fade out animation
```

manim.cfg

```
renderer = opengl
write_to_movie = True
preview = True
```

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## Logs

## System specifications

System Details

- OS (with version, e.g., Windows 10 v2004 or macOS 10.15 (Catalina)): Windows 11
- RAM:
- Python version (`python/py/python3 --version`):Python 3.8.12
- Installed modules (provide output from `pip list`):
```
Package Version Location
------------------------------ --------- ----------------------------------------
azure-cognitiveservices-speech 1.22.0
backcall 0.2.0
certifi 2021.10.8
cffi 1.15.0
charset-normalizer 2.0.7
click 8.0.3
click-default-group 1.2.2
cloup 0.13.1
colorama 0.4.4
colour 0.1.5
commonmark 0.9.1
comtypes 1.1.11
debugpy 1.5.1
decorator 5.1.0
entrypoints 0.3
glcontext 2.3.4
gTTS 2.2.4
idna 3.3
ipdb 0.13.9
ipykernel 6.4.2
ipython 7.29.0
ipython-genutils 0.2.0
isosurfaces 0.1.0
jedi 0.18.0
jupyter-client 7.0.6
jupyter-core 4.9.1
manim 0.15.2
manim-fontawesome 6.0.0
manim-physics 0.2.4
manim-speech 0.0.1 e:\manim视频\测试-speech插件\manim-speech-main
ManimPango 0.4.1
mapbox-earcut 0.12.10
matplotlib-inline 0.1.3
moderngl 5.6.4
moderngl-window 2.4.0
multipledispatch 0.6.0
mutagen 1.45.1
nest-asyncio 1.5.1
networkx 2.6.3
numpy 1.21.3
parso 0.8.2
pickleshare 0.7.5
Pillow 8.4.0
pip 21.0.1
prompt-toolkit 3.0.21
pycairo 1.20.1
pycparser 2.21
pydub 0.25.1
pyglet 1.5.21
Pygments 2.10.0
pymunk 6.2.1
PyOpenGL 3.1.6
pypiwin32 223
pyrr 0.10.3
python-dateutil 2.8.2
python-dotenv 0.20.0
pyttsx3 2.90
pywin32 302
pyzmq 22.3.0
requests 2.26.0
rich 10.12.0
scipy 1.8.1
screeninfo 0.8
setuptools 58.0.4
Shapely 1.8.2
six 1.16.0
skia-pathops 0.7.1
sox 1.4.1
srt 3.5.2
toml 0.10.2
tornado 6.1
tqdm 4.62.3
traitlets 5.1.1
typing-extensions 4.2.0
urllib3 1.26.7
watchdog 2.1.6
wcwidth 0.2.5
wheel 0.37.0
wincertstore 0.2
```

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by running the two commands in the issue with main.py and manim.cfg, comparing the behavior with and without --write_to_movie. Trace how the -c manim.cfg option is read and how write_to_movie is handled, then verify that the configuration alone enables movie output while preserving the other settings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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