C.3.3 Display page

The Editor Options dialog's Display page contains options related to how the editor displays files and their contents.

Highlight selection to

Sets the position at which a selection to the end of a line ends. If you select "the last character in each line", the highlight extends only to the last character of each line. If you select "the right edge of the visible area", the highlight extends to the right-hand side of the window.

This option merely affects the way the highlight is displayed, and not the extent of the actual selection.

In Windows mode, the selection is "the last character in each line". In Emacs mode, it is "the right edge of the visible area".

Default font size

A drop-down list for selecting the default font size (from 6 to 12 point) for text displayed in the editor window.

Keep the cursor within the visible area when scrolling with the scroll bar

If this box is checked, and you use the scroll bar to scroll the window text, such that the cursor would move out of the visible area, the insertion point moves so that it remains in the visible area. If this box is not checked, the insertion point remains in its original place.

In Windows mode, this box is not checked. In Emacs mode, it is checked.

Associate each opened file with a separate window

If this box is checked, a new Editor window opens for each new file you open in the editor.

In Windows mode, this box is checked. In Emacs mode, it is not checked.

Show the path with the file name in editor window titles

If this box is checked, editor window titles include the path to the file on disk. If it is not checked, only the name of the file appears in the editor window title.

This box is not checked in Windows mode or Emacs mode.

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Getting Started with Functional Developer - 31 MAR 2000