Tools Menu

Options

In the options dialog box you find most of the settings for Source Edit. The dialog contains 6 nodes or pages.

Settings



Show left margin will show a selection field to the left of the document window. By clicking this area you can select a whole row.

Line tooltip on scroll will show a tooltip with the top line when you're dragging the vertical scrollbar thumb.

Allow drag and drop will allow you to drag and drop selected text to move or copy it (hold down the CTRL key to copy text).

Allow column selection will allow you to select columns of text by holding down either the Ctrl or Alt key while dragging the mouse.

Persist bookmarks. If you set this option all bookmarks you have in a file will be saved so they appear again when the file is reopened.

No blank document on start will not create a blank document when you launch Source Edit.

Backup files before saving changes will take a backup of the current file before you save any changes. It adds a .BAK extension to the file, so Index.htm becomes Index.htm.bak

Confine caret to text if this option is not set you can put the text caret beyond the end of a line.

Color syntax highlighting will colorize all keywords, operators, tag elements etc. in the current document according to the syntax highlighter definition. You can create new highlighters using the Language Editor.

Highlight current line will highlight the line the text caret is currently in. This makes it easier to find the text caret if you have scrolled the document.

Show line numbers will show all the line numbers of the current document

Allow multiple instances, by default only one instance of Source Edit can be started. This will make sure that if you open a new document using the Windows Explorer that it will be sent to the current instance of Source Edit. But if you want you can let Windows start a new instance of Source Edit by checking this option.

Reload files on start, by checking this option all files that you have opened when you close Source Edit will be reopened when you start it again.

Clipboard History size determents how many clipboard clips Source Edit should remember. See also Paste and Cycle, Clipboard History.

Max undoable actions. By default Source Edit has an unlimited number of undoable actions. You can however set a limit to this to preserve some memory.


Language/Tabs

On this page you can set some language specific settings.



Fixup text case will fixup the case for all language keywords. This setting is set per language. Which means you can set it for one language while you can leave it unchecked for an other.

Function pattern. You can specify a function pattern for the selected language. A function pattern is a regular expression that describes a function or method for the language. This will assure that the Function List feature works. By default function patterns for the following languages are supplied with Source Edit: C/C++, Java, Visual Basic, Perl, ASP, and PHP.

Default language. You can set a default language that will be used for highlighting all new documents you create.

Auto indentation style. You can either follow language scoping, which means that the code will be indented after a scope keyword, or you could simply copy the indention from the previous line. This setting is set per language.

The Tab size setting is not set per language but rather for all documents however the Convert tabs to spaces setting is set per language.

Keyboard

On this page you can assign shortcut keys for all commands available in Source Edit. Simply press the key combination you would like to use in the New key assignment text box and click the Assign button. You might find some undocumented commands in the list.

Color/Font

On this page you can change how Source Edit colorizes different items and also change the font that is used. Source Edit only supports fixed-pinch or monospaced fonts.

Files



File mapping is what Source Edit use to determine which syntax highlighter it should use for which file. Simply select the language in the drop-down and type in the file filters in the Map to file(s) text box. Filters are separated with a ; semicolon.

Default File Type (PC, Unix, or Macintosh) will be used with all new documents you create. See also File Format.

File in Open/Save As dialogs. This list will be used in the file type list in the Open and Save As dialogs. It's also used in the File View window. To add to the list simply type in a File description and the file extentions filter. Filter are separated with a ; semicolon.

HTML Toolbar

The HTML Toolbar allows you to insert common HTML tags in the current document. It also have some useful tools such as Table creator, web safe color picker, Form Controls selector, and Special Character picker.

The toolbar is only visible for a selected number of languages that you specify on this page.

Read more about the HTML Toolbar.