Multiple Environment Setup Help

[eluser]dhall[/eluser]
So I know there is the config class and have read the documentation...
but...
I develop on my local and when I go to put it on my server I find myself having to change setting in several different files:

database.php
config.php
index.php
.htaccess

Anyway to setup these files so I don't have to change them when I go back and forth?