If enabled, several highlighters will be used to highlight code in html files. This enables highlighting of html, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, PHP, CFScript.
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Enable this to highlight ASP or PHP code in strings.
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Clear the undo/redo buffer when a file is saved. Uncheck this option to enable undo/redo after saving the file.
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Set this to disable drag n drop of selected text.
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Don't move the text cursor to the end of the pasted text. Set this option and the cursor stays at the insertion point.
.topic 3006
Prevent the cursor from moving beyond the end of line. This is the standard for many text editors, including Microsoft editors.
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Don't convert tabs into spaces when the file is opened.
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Insert spaces when the tab key is pressed. Uncheck this option if you want to insert tab characters.
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Keep the indention when you press <enter>.
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Try to align the text cursor to the correct indention point. Can be very useful when editing source code.
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Align the text cursor to the following indention point. This does not always insert tabs, but can sometimes insert spaces.
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Try to preserve the indention when the text is pasted. This will change the behavior of the normal paste operation as well as drag n drop.
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Set C# as your default ASP .NET language.
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Set Visual Basic as your default ASP .NET language.
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Set the syntax files to be used with multiple highlighting. You probably shouldn't change this settings.
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Close braces automatically. Braces can be (), [], ""... This feature is intelligent and tries to close the brace only when you want to.
.topic 3017
Close a structural block automatically. A structural block can be { ... } or begin ... end. Line breaks are inserted and the text cursor is indented.
.topic 3018
Display a hint when hovering over a closed code folding icon. The hint will display some lines from the folded text.
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Remember and open the files that where open in the last session.
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Open associated files in a tab if the program is running. Uncheck to open the files in new windows.
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Display a warning if the document is changed by another program.
.topic 4015
Allow the editor to overwrite and save a read-only file. Even if the file is write protected.
.topic 4004
Word wrap is on when a new document is opened or created.
.topic 4005
Always open a blank document at startup. You can set the default extension and encoding below.
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Set the default file extension for new documents.
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Set the default file encoding for new documents.
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Use a signature (BOM) with new documents if the file encoding is Unicode, e.g. Unicode (UTF-8).
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Detect Unicode encoded files. Even if the signature is missing. It may be able to detect UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-16 Big-Endien.
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Detect ANSI code page and Unicode encoded files. Even if the signature is missing. A list may be displayed with several encoding alternatives to select from.
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Use this encoding if no text encoding is detected when opening a file. Usually it should be set to system default, but you can change it to anything you want.
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Fold all collapsible text blocks when the file is opened.
.topic 4012
Fold all collapsible text blocks, except the top level nodes, when the file is opened.
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Fold collapsible nodes inside the opened node. This can make navigation easier if the node has many sub nodes.
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Associate file types with the program.
Windows Vista - Opens a window to handle your file type associations.
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Windows 2000 / XP - Opens the standard "Folder Options" dialog usually found in the control panel. You can set any association you need in this dialog.
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Windows 98 / Me - Not available.
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Toggle code folding and region folding on/off. This option enables/disables the code explorer as well.
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Set this if you want block comments to be foldable.
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Set the color of the border around the folded source code.
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Set a delay before the auto completion list appears.
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Toggle the ruler on/off.
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Align editor tabs on multiple rows. If disabled, tabs are aligned on one line.
.topic 5007
Highlight the current row using a different background color.
.topic 5008
Display a border around the current line.
.topic 5009
Highlight braces when the text cursor is next to one. Both the start and end braces are highlighted.
.topic 5026
Highlight html tags when the text cursor is next to one. Both the start and end tags are highlighted.
.topic 5027
Highlight XML tags when the text cursor is next to one. Both the start and end tags are highlighted.
.topic 5024
Highlight fold elements when the text cursor is over one. The color can be set for each syntax type.
.topic 5010
Make the tab characters in the text visible.
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Make the line breaks in the text visible.
.topic 5012
Set the distance where to display a right margin line. The default is 80 characters. To hide the line set the value to zero.
.topic 5013
Word wrap text beyond this column width.
.topic 5014
Set the amount to scroll when the text cursor reaches the window edge.
.topic 5015
Show vertical lines between the top and bottom of the code block. The blocks are the same as for code folding.
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Set a color for one of the indent lines.
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Set a color for one of the indent lines.
.topic 5018
Set a color for one of the indent lines.
.topic 5019
Set colors for the indent guide lines. Three indent line colors can be used.
.topic 5020
Make the space characters in the text visible.
.topic 5021
Select a color for tab, space and line break characters.
.topic 5022
Display the indent lines as dotted.
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Display the indent lines as dashed.
.topic 5023
Some languages don't use space to separate word (e.g. Thai) or is written from right to left (e.g. Arabic). To word wrap such text correctly - check this option.
.topic 5028
Word wrap text at the window edge.
.topic 5029
Word wrap at the right margin line. The line can be moved by a left mouse button click on the ruler.
.topic 5030
Auto complete words as you type. A list is displayed with possible words, taken from the current document.
.topic 5031
Set the width of the text cursor. Default is 1.
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Select a highlighter in order to change its color and text attribute settings.
.topic 6002
Change the text attribute of the selected highlighting element.
.topic 6003
Change the color of the selected highlighting element.
.topic 6004
Select a highlighting element to change its color or text attribute.
.topic 6005
Import settings for the selected highlighter, if available. When you install a new syntax highlighter the settings are imported using a wizard. You will probably never have to use this button.
.topic 6006
Export your current highlighter settings to an external file. This can be useful if you create a new syntax file and wish to publish it with a settings file.
.topic 7001
Select a syntax highlighter in order to make changes to it. You could delete it or add some new file extensions.
.topic 7002
Add a new syntax highlighter. The wizard will guide you through the process.
.topic 7003
Remove a syntax highlighter. This will erase all settings you have made to this highlighter.
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The editor needs to know what file extensions to use to identify the correct highlighter.
.topic 7005
Add a new file extension.
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Remove a file extension from the list.
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Change the syntax file used for highlighting.
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Select a font and size to be used with these type of files.
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Select a font and size to be used with ASCII files.
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Select a font and size to be used with source files.
.topic 8004
Set the maximal tab width. A tab size of 4 equals the width of max 4 space characters.
.topic 8005
Add spacing between lines. The number is given in pixels.
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Select a file type or syntax style. All settings below will affect this file type only.
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Add a new file type to set individual settings for these files.
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Delete the current file type.
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Use the word under the text cursor as text to search for.
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Use find/replace auto completion in the search dialog.
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Continue search from the beginning of file when we reach the end (or end of file when we reach the beginning of file).
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Show a confirmation dialog when we reach an end of file to abort or continue the search.
.topic 11405
Use selected word with "Find next" or "Find previous". This can be very useful if want to search for a word without opening the search dialog.
.topic 11406
Display a detailed result list in the bottom-bar when the search is finished.
.topic 11407
Display a result dialog when the search is finished.
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Highlight all found items in the text when using Find All.
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Highlight all found items in the text. This option is only valid for open documents. When searching a folder or a project, a list with found items will be shown.
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Set this option to show line numbers in the left margin.
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Set the background color of the left margin.
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Set the text color used in the left margin.
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Set if you want the background color of the left margin to be gradient. The start color is set above. The end color is the document background color.
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The left margin line can be invisible (None), dotted or solid.
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Set the color of the left margin line.
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Fold nodes are indicated with an icon in the left margin. There are several to choose from.
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Set to display a line number on every line.
.topic 9009
Highlight changes made on a line with yellow and green bars. Yellow for resent changes and green for saved changes.
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Here are a few presets you could try to change the appearance of the left margin.
.topic 9020
Color of the line change indicator in the left margin. Default color is yellow.
.topic 9021
Color of the line changed and saved indicator. Default color is lime.
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Enable the auto save function to save your documents using a set interval.
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Set this option if you want to be prompted to save new documents.
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Auto save only the current document.
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Set if you want to reset the undo/redo buffer with every save. Usually you want to uncheck this option.
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Set the interval when documents are saved.
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Convert tabs to spaces before saving the document.
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Remove trailing white spaces before saving the document.
.topic 10008
Save cursor position when a document is closed. When the file is reopened, the cursor is positioned at the saved position.
.topic 10009
Save the code fold state when a document is closed and restore the folding state the next time the file is opened.
.topic 10011
Save the position of bookmarks and restore them the next time the file is opened.
.topic 10012
Save the read-only state and restore it the next time the file is opened.
.topic 10010
This number is used to limit the number of files to save cursor and fold status for.
.topic 10013
Backup saved files by adding an .bak extension to the old file.
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Backup automatically saved files by adding an .bak extension to the old file.
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Backup files to a folder.
.topic 10016
Save the current file encoding when the document is closed.
.topic 10101
Select font and size to be used in the hexadecimal editor.
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Set the left margin text color.
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Set the left margin background color.
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Set the left margin selected text color.
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Set the left margin selected background color.
.topic 10106
Set the editor background color.
.topic 10107
Set the color of the odd number columns (first, third...).
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Set the color of the even number columns (second, forth...).
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Set the number of bytes to display in each column.
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Set the number of bytes to display on each row.
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Save the current window size and position at close down. You can also use the menu item "Save layout" in the environment menu.
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Remember the last used dictionary between sessions.
.topic 10203
Show all tabs in the bottom bar. Usually these are hidden.
.topic 10204
Set this option to have the open dialog open up in the same folder as the current document.
.topic 10205
Open the search/replace options in a dialog instead of in the bottom-bar.
.topic 10212
Add templates to the "New" drop down menu. Template files are listed below the file extensions of each syntax type.
.topic 10215
Minimize the program to the system tray. Double click to restore the window.
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Close the program to the system tray. All open files will be closed. Double click to restore the window. Exit the program by using the menu item "File->Exit".
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Use the standard windows open/save dialogs. Works on Windows Vista as well. You will loose some features like the "Favorites" drop down menu and the encoding drop down box is not visible.
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Use the Office 2000 open/save dialogs. You will loose some features like the "Favorites" drop down menu. The encoding drop down box is not visible on Windows Vista.
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Use the internal open/save dialogs. These dialogs have more options and the encoding drop down box is available on all versions of windows.
.topic 10207
Set a path that should be replaced with http://localhost. This option is used with the preview feature and can be useful when you want to preview e.g. PHP files.
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Set the number of recently opened files to display in the menu. Valid numbers are 10 to 30.
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Set the number of recently opened files to display on the start page "Home". Valid numbers are 1 to 10.
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Set this option if you want the editor to minimize when you close the last document.
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Show the open file progress using a progress bar located in the second status field on the status bar. For small files this progress bar is almost invisible, but for large files it can be helpful.
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Show a splash screen at startup.
.topic 10218
Save positions of some dialogs like Find/Replace, Advanced sort and Spell check.
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Set the page margins to use when you print your file.
.topic 10302
Set this option in order to insert information at the top of the pages.
.topic 10303
Draw a line under the header information.
.topic 10304
Select and edit the header data you want to insert to the left.
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Select and edit the header data you want to insert to the center.
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Select and edit the header data you want to insert to the right.
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Set this option in order to insert information at the bottom of the pages.
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Draw a line above the footer.
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Select and edit the footer data you want to insert to the left.
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Select and edit the footer data you want to insert to the center.
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Select and edit the footer data you want to insert to the right.
.topic 10312
Print line numbers in the left margin of your documents.
.topic 10401
Select the font and font size to use in all program menus.
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Use the system font in all program menus.
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Select a menu style to use in all program menus.
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Select the color of the current document tab. The color is gradient. This color is used from the top of the tab.
.topic 10405
Select the color of the current document tab. The color is gradient. This color is used from at the bottom of the tab.
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Show an image in each document tab.
.topic 10407
Display or hide the close button displayed in the document tab. You can display a close button in all tabs, just the active one, or none.
.topic 10410
Set a maximal width for the editor tabs in pixels.
.topic 10501
Select a language in the list and press the "Select" button. The selected language will be used in all dialogs and menus of the program.
.topic 10502
Select a language in the list and press the "Select" button. The selected language should be displayed below.
.topic 10601
Enable skin support. Select a skin to use in the list below.
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Set this option if you don't want to skin the frame and caption of the window.
.topic 10701
Set a path to the internet browser. The browser will appear in the browser button drop down menu, located on the main toolbar. You can use these external browsers to preview your web documents.
.topic 10702
Enter a name for this internet browser.
.topic 10703
Set a path to an external text compare tool e.g. WinMerge. Use the menu items in "Tools" menu or the document tab menu to run a text comparison.
.topic 10801
Add a new tool item in the "Tools" menu. A tool can be an executable file, a help file or a script.
.topic 10802
Remove a selected tool from the list.
.topic 10803
Edit the tool settings.
.topic 10804
Move the tool name up or down in the list. The tools are displayed in the same order in the "Tools" menu.
.topic 10805
Assign a keyboard shortcut to the tool. Press a keyboard combination and click "Assign".
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Remove the keyboard shortcut for this tool.
.topic 10807
Check this option to add a button to the Quickbar toolbar on the "General" tab.
.topic 10808
Check this option to add a button to the editor toolbar.
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Select the tool type. Executable, html help file or script. Html files are opened with KeyHH.exe which should be in your windows folder.
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Enter the name that will be displayed in the tools menu.
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The file you wish to execute.
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Set the initial dir. A file given as an argument should have a path relative to the initial dir.
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Argument passed to the command. This can be entered manually. There are several options in the drop down menu.
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Use this option to capture the output of the command. The output is displayed in the bottom-bar.
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Use this option if the command makes changes to the current file and you wish to open it after the alteration.
.topic 10858
Save all modified files before running the tool. This is important if the tool makes any changes to any open file.
.topic 10859
Don't warn if files have been modified before running the tool. Use this option if the tool do not make any changes to the opened files.
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Display a warning if a file has been modified before running the tool. You are given the choice to save the file before proceeding.
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The tool output may hold some information like line numbers and columns. Here you can enter a formatting string to enable the editor to retrieve this information. You can use * as wildcard and the variables %F - filename, %L - line, %C - column.
E.g. you may have an output line like:
line 1235 column 12 : ERROR: <some info>
The formatting string should be:
line &L column %C. You can also use %F for file name and it is possible to use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard.
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Enter a sub menu to place this tool in. The sub menu is displayed in the tools menu.
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Set this option to run the command in the background. The output will be directed to the message view in the bottom bar. To close down the tool, run it again.
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Save the current file if it has been modified before running the tool. This is important if the tool makes any changes to the file.
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Select a printer device from the list.
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Open the standard printer setup dialog.
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Print the entire document.
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Only print the pages submitted in the edit boxes to the right.
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Print the selected text only.
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Print pages starting with this page.
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Print pages ending with this page.
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Print the text syntax highlighted.
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Wrap text if the lines extend the right margin.
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Open the options dialog found in the environment menu. Set margins, header and footer text.
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Print all open files in the editor.
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Separate command and values with tab characters. String or character values should be inclosed with ", e.g. "a". Long strings can contains line breaks. E.g. "String 1"[CRLF]"String 2"[CRLF]"String 3".
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This is a list of available commands. Use [CRLF] for line break with mEditInsertString. E.g. mEditInsertString "string1"[CRLF]"string2"[CRLF].
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Enter a name for this profile
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Enter the FTP address to connect to
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Enter a user name. This is usually required to login to the server.
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Enter a password in order to login to the server. If this field is empty, you will be asked to enter a password everytime you connect to the server.
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Open this remote folder when connecting to the server.
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Open this local folder when connecting to the server.
.topic 11310
Select a server type. Normal unencrypted connection (FTP), encrypted connection (FTP/SSL) or normal connection through a SSH tunnel (SFTP/SSH).
.topic 11311
Use "fast path" connections for traversing firewalls and network address translators (NAT). This can enhance the performance of data transfers when the FTP EPSV command is supported on the server
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Use Internet Protocol version 6. Otherwise IPv4 is used.
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Let the server listen for the client to connect when transferring data. You can try changing this option if you are using a proxy server and can't transfer data to or from the FTP server.
.topic 11319
Set this option to display the "last modified date/time" in the remote FTP folder list. Note! Changing folders may be slow with this option set.
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If the connection fails you can select to try again. Enter the number of times the FTP Client should try to connect to the server.
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Enter a delay before each retry. The delay is entered in seconds.
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Specify the port to connect to. Usually this is the port 21.
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Try to keep the connection alive. Sends a NOOP command to the server in the interval you specify. Enter the number of seconds between each NOOP command is sent. The value 0 turns this option off.
.topic 11318
Resume an aborted transfer. Enter the number of times the transfer can be resumed. The value 0 will disable resuming.
.topic 11320
Some FTP servers will request that the FTP client identifies itself using a certificate. If that is the case you can import a certificate and select it in the combo box.
.topic 11321
Some FTP servers will request that the FTP client identifies itself using a certificate. If that is the case you can import a certificate and select it in the combo box.
.topic 11322
Delete a certificate in the combo box list.
.topic 11323
When using a secure connection the data channel and command channel are encrypted. If you like you can turn this off. Not supported by all servers, even if they support SSL.
.topic 11324
When using a secure connection the data channel and command channel are encrypted. If you like you can turn this off. Not supported by all servers, even if they support SSL.
.topic 11325
Press the create button and a wizard is displayed to help you create a private key file, a self signed certificate file and a certificate request file. They are placed in the folder .../data/cert.
Use the certificate request to get a signed certificate file from someone managing the FTP server or for e.g. test purpose you can use the self signed certificate file. Use import and select the files and select the imported certificate in the combo box.
.topic 11330
Create public and private key files. The private key is used by the editor (.key). The public key should be handed to the SSH server. The files will end up in the ..Data\Cert folder.
.topic 11331
Use the password to connect to the SSH server. The server will return a key which you will have to accept to establish a connection.
.topic 11332
Connect to SSH server using a private key file. Make sure the key file is selected below.
.topic 11333
Select a private key file in the drop down list. This file is used to create a connection to the SSH server.
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Use the file dialog to select a key to import. The imported key is created in the ..Data\Cert folder and added to the private key list.