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Saving options; configuration files

Saving options; configuration files

Select Save options (Options menu) to save the entire Edith configuration, including the selected shortcut sets, and the editor/appearance settings for each of the defined text window modes.

ORGANIZATION OF FILES WRITTEN BY SAVE OPTIONS

Save options (Options menu) will write the files listed below. It is best not to edit these files; everything can be customized in the application panels. Edith cannot be guaranteed to work properly after `manual tampering' with the files, although some security has now been built in to avoid downright crashing and report the use of invalid resource specifications.

However, knowing what files are written and what for may help you clean up old, unwanted configuration files.

~/.edith/options.ad
General editor setup (options menu), names and selection of defined parameters for editor modes.
~/.edith/mode.ad
Sub-setup for mode, where mode is the fixed, short mode identifier (e.g. user2) of a text window mode.
~/.edith/setname.esc
Shortcut definitions for set setname.
~/.edith/languagename.bsl
Definitions for highlighting, font panel, and bracket checking.
~/.zfc-defaults
Dialog panel setup (shared with other applications built with the ZF user interface toolkit). Contains values for the panel colours that you may wish to change.
The following file is not saved by Save options, but will be written automatically when you exit the Edith program.
~/.edith/setup.ad
Info and file selector bookmarks, search parameters, last visited directories.
The private info index is also stored here.
~/.edith/private_index.html
Your private index page.

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