Editor Settings

By clicking on Editor in the left hand list of the General Setup menu, the Editor window will be displayed (see below). In this window, you can configure the settings for the editor.

Editor setup dialog.

Editor settings

Keyboard acceleration

Enables your cursor to move faster.

Prompt when unable to undo

When this is active, you will be told when you are about to do something (such as renumbering a large file) which cannot be undone. If this is switched off, no such warning will appear.

Vertical scroll bar

Enables a vertical scroll bar.

Horizontal scroll bar

Enables a horizontal scroll bar.

Disable Backspace at start of line

Prevents that lines are joined by using the backspace key.

Replace from top

Any search and replace options will automatically start from the beginning of the file.

Replace tabs with space

Inserts spaces when the tab key is used, and replaces existing tabs with spaces when a file is opened.

Show line numbers

Check this field to show line numbers.

Show replaced count

Shows the number of strings that were replaced after the Replace all function has been used.

Use virtual space

Allows the cursor to move into space that currently contains no text.

Pad with tabs

Use tabs to fill in large empty spaces in virtual space. (Please refer to Use virtual space above.)

Remove ASCII 0's

Check this field to remove ASCII 0's from the file. If you do not check this option, ASCII 0's are replaced with ASCII 128.

If you transmit files with 7 data bits, ASCII 128 becomes ASCII 0.

Wrap Searches

Check this field if searches should continue searching from the top of the file if no match is found before the end of the file.

Always UPPER CASE

Check this field if inserted text should always be UPPER CASE (all CAPS).

Remember math values

Remembers the last values used in the Simple Math Functions.

Block Mode

Drag-and-drop text editing

When this option is enabled, you can drag any selected text to a new location.

Copy without selection

Enables you to copy the line at the cursor, without marking it as a selection.

Don't move cursor after paste

When this option is checked, the cursor will not move to the end of the pasted text, but remain at the beginning of the text.

Mark to end of line

If a whole line is selected, the indication continues across virtual space to the side of the window.

Font settings

This field shows an example of the selected font. Click the Select font icon to the right to change the font used in the editor window.