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At the top of the panel, you specify behaviour on loading text files.
Non-UNIX newlines (as used on Macintosh and MS-DOS systems) can be
automatically converted when loading a text. Files matching a given
pattern can automatically be loaded using the rcp
program when they are opened from a different host machine or user (this
is useful for e.g. mail messages in /tmp/
.)
The number of files opened in one go (usually from the command line) can be limited. When you attempt to open more files than the specified limit, you can choose for remaining files to be queued immediately (see below), or alternatively for the editor to ask for feedback.
The rest of the panel specifies save behaviour. The automatic backup and interval carbon copy (see below) functions can be switched on and off in this panel. Furthermore, you can specify how backups and carbon copies should be named, and at which interval carbon copies should be written.
Normally, you are informed when there is a carbon copy of a file when
you attempt to open it. This feature can be switched off in the file
options panel.
You will be informed of the presence of a carbon copy when opening the
original file. On saving the file, carbon copies will be deleted.
THE INPUT QUEUE
In the file options panel, you can specify a maximum to the number of
text files that can be opened for editing in a single command, a single
command usually being a call to Edith from a terminal window. When a
command exceeds this number, an alert panel will pop up asking whether
some of the requested files should be put `on hold' in the input
queue. Files that are on hold can be opened with Open next (File menu, CARBON COPIES
Apart from the usual backups, Edith has an additional safety
measure: carbon copies. These are copies of files, like backups,
but they are made either on your request (when closing a window whose
contents have changed), or when the Edith system unexpectedly
terminates, e.g. by a kill
command or broken display connection.
Another option is to have carbon copies made at set intervals. This can
all be configured in the file options panel.
Index Menus Panels Troubleshooting Key glossary Glossary
Highlighting styles Interface options