Preferences Dialog - Editor - Display and Indentions Tab
Use the options on the Editor - Display and Indention tab of the Preferences dialog to set default preferences for the Editor windows (FIG. 310).
FIG. 310 Preferences dialog - Editor - Display and Indention tab
| Editor - Display and Indentions Options | |
|---|---|
| Display | |
| Show Line Numbers | This option displays line numbers along the left-hand edge of the Editor window (default = enabled). |
| Enable AutoComplete/ Suggest | With this option enabled, the application examines the first few characters in a variable name, device name or a reserved identifier, and automatically finishes typing it for you (default = enabled). In some cases, the program will suggest the rest of the word. With option enabled, the program will automatically finish typing many common terms for you, to save time and effort. |
| Enable Indentation Guides | This option causes the program to draw vertical lines indicating the tab stops in the Editor window (default = enabled). Note that indentation guides only appear if there are tabs present in the code. |
| Enable Call Tips | This option enables the Call Tips function. Call Tips assist you with adding declared functions by displaying a list of parameters that are valid for the particular function you are adding. |
| Enable Code Folding | This option allows you to "fold-up" each section of code in the Editor window (default = enabled). With this option enabled, a gray bar is displayed in the Editor window, between the Line Numbers (if that option is enabled) and the actual code. |
| Enable UTF-8 format to display Hebrew, Arabic, Cyrillic and Han characters | This option allows these special character sets to be displayed in the Editor windows. |
| Trim Blanks at End of Line | Select to automatically trim off any blanks at the ends of the lines. |
| Enable Column Edge Marker | Select to enable column edge markers in the Editor windows. |
| Retain Bookmarks Upon Closing of File | Select to save bookmark information with the file. |
| Highlight Matching Braces | Select to highlight matching sets of braces in the Editor windows. |
| Tabs and Indentation Preferences | |
| Set tab stops every X characters | Use this option to specify the size (in number of characters) of the tab stops in the Editor window (default = 8). |
| Indent with X characters | This value sets the number of space characters to be inserted by auto-indentation (default = 4). |
| Editor - Display and Indentions Options (Cont.) | |
|---|---|
| Enable Auto-Indentation | This option causes the program to automatically indent lines that occur after an indented line. When indenting, text is prepended the amount of spacing specified in the Indent with X Characters field (see above). |
| Printer | |
| Print Black on White | Print all text as black on a white background. |
| Print Color on White | Print all text using the same colors displayed in the Editor window, on a white background. |
| Print Color on White but Invert Light Colors | This is the same as "Print Color on White", except that light colors are automatically be inverted for better readability on a white background. |
| Clipboard Text Buffer | |
| Max Items | You can have a maximum of 30 clip-board buffer items (default = 20). |
| Max Display Width | You can set the maximum display width to up to 80 characters (default = 50). |
| Clear Text Buffer History | Clears all the clipboard text items from the list. |