Options

Browsers

Browsers opens the Browser dialog. Anansi doesn't mind testing with multiple browsers simultaneously, that's why there are checkboxes so you can check which of your installed browsers will be used while testing.

Font

Click and select the font to be used in the editor windows.

Editor

Editor brings up a multipaged settings dialog. Most of it is rather advanced.

• Paragraph: Should you use single style or container style paragraph tags? I don't know. I think single style does just fine. But you're welcome to change the settings to whatever you like. You can even add a few returns if you like.
• Bold / Italic: Another point of discussion is the consistent use of logical tags. True html pages shouldn't contain bold and italic. Most of Anansi users couldn't probably care less, but times can change so it's configurable.
• Tags Case: Some prefer all tags lowercase, others like to have the tags stand out by having them uppercase. I myself am quite happy with the suggestion of one of my users, namely to have tags uppercase and attributes lowercase. It's a matter of taste of course.
• Miscelleneous: Pretty much speaks for itself. I've set the default value of the undo/ redo level to 10. That should be enough. There's a limit on the maximum somewhere. But just like the 4 Gigabyte limit of the editor the limit on undo/redo is probably far beyond the capabilities of your hardware. I think I've cut the maximum level off at 1000 to protect users

Tools

You can add third-party applications to a dedicated Tools menu, that will appear as soon as you installed the first application. The Tools options at the Options menu will open a listbox showing you all the applications already available. To add a new one you need to press the Add button. There's nothing really to it, just give the name you want to see in the menu, browse for the filename and press OK.

URL Dialog

I you want to work fast, you don't need unnessesary dialogs. So I've made them optional. However, the URL dialog is helpful if you're working with frames or JavaScript messages in the statusline of your browser. The URL Dialog takes two JavaScript messages: one for when the mouse is over the URL and one for when the mouse leaves the URL.

Image Dialog

Again, I hate dialogs but just in case you work a lot with align settings or special values for the border, Anansi offers an Image dialog.

Rule Dialog

Short for Horizontal Rule the Rule Dialog helps you making rules with a special width, size or alignment and lets you turn off the shadow.

Wordwrap

Some people like to have no wordwrap. Ok, it can be done.

Retain Open Files

Why those clumsy last opened files menu's? When you're working with webpages, you're usually working with several files simultaneously. Check Retain Open Files and all open files will automatically load the next time you start Anansi.

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