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The Options menu

The Options menu

The Options menu provides access to dialog panels for a large number of configurable options. Everything that is configurable in the Edith system can be set from within the program, and manual editing of configuration files is not recommended.

ENTRIES IN THE OPTIONS MENU

Auto indent, Alt Shift I
Switch on/off the auto-indent function. When the auto indent function is switched on, leading white space is copied to the new line when Return is pressed, and on Erase line (Edit menu, Ctrl U).
Auto wrap, Alt Shift W
Switch on/off the auto-wrap function. When auto wrap is switched on, words typed will be wrapped whenever they go beyond the right margin (set in the text rulers panel or by clicking on the text ruler with the right mouse button).
Show matching brackets, Alt Shift M
Switch on/off the matching brackets function, that highlights an opening bracket if you type a closing one: whenever a closing bracket ), ] or } is typed, the editor will search for the corresponding opening bracket. If it is found, the cursor will flash briefly (or longer, when it is of a different type) at the opening bracket. If the bracket structure is wrong, you will hear a beep or see a message in the status line. To read how this is influenced by text highlighting styles, see Find bracket (Browse menu, Ctrl B) and highlighting styles.
Format right-aligns, Shift Ctrl P
When format right-aligns is selected, Format paragraph (Text menu, Alt Shift P) will fill paragraphs such that their right margin is aligned. Note that this does not affect the behaviour of the auto wrap function.

Text ruler..., Shift Ctrl R
Open the text rulers panel, that specifies the positions of tab stops, the right margin, and the way the Tab key works.
Language options..., Shift Ctrl L
Open the language options panel, which defines the appearance of a `word', which characters are to be regarded as `blank', and how word-left and word-right should behave.
Shortcuts..., Shift Ctrl S
Open the shortcuts panel, that defines language-dependent abbreviations.

Text display..., Shift Ctrl D
Open the text display/fonts panel that defines fonts and some special options for text display in editor windows.
Size and gadgets..., Shift Ctrl G
Open the text window size and gadgets panel, that determines the default size of text windows, and switches on/off the gadgets of a text window, such as the scroll bar and the ruler.
Colours..., Shift Ctrl C
Opens the panel that allows you to distinguish different sorts of text windows by using colours.

File options..., Shift Ctrl F
Open the file options panel (maximum number of files to open, carbon copies, backups).
Highlighting styles..., Shift Ctrl G
Opens the highlighting styles panel, which lets you override the default font and colour styles defined in the language definition file chosen in the language panel.
Interface options..., Shift Ctrl I
Opens the interface options panel (window placement, window management, cursor blink speed, caps lock).

Save options...
Save the full, current Edith configuration. There is no keyboard shortcut for safety reasons, but the command can be selected from the keyboard by opening the Options menu with Alt O and walking down with the cursor keys.

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