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Editors</H1>
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The following preferences can be changed on the Editors page.</P>
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      <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Option</P></TH>
      <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Description</P></TH>
      <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Default</P></TH>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Size 
          of recently opened files list</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          For each file that is opened in an editor, it is stored in a list of 
          recently used files. This option controls the number of files which 
          is displayed in this list in the File menu. </P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">4</P></TD>
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    <TR> 
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Show 
          multiple editor tabs</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Specifies 
          whether you wish to show multiple editor tabs. If off, then editor workbooks 
          have one large tab and all non-visible editors are accessible only from 
          the chevron.</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">On</P></TD>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Close 
          editors automatically</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          This option is used to specify whether or not to re-use editors in the 
          Workbench. If turned on, then you may specify the number of editors 
          to use before they are recycled (Default is 8). You can also specify 
          if a prompt dialog should be opened or if a new editor should be opened 
          when all editors are dirty. Once it is turned on, the Pin Editor action 
          is added to the toolbar and editor tab menu. Pinned editors are not 
          recycled. </P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Off</P></TD>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Text 
          file encoding</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Use this option to specify the encoding to use when saving text files 
          in editors. </P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Default 
          (CP1252)</P></TD>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Text 
          File line delimiter</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Use this option to specify the line delimiter to use for new text files. 
          <strong>Note:</strong> This will generally not effect the file line 
          delimiter for<br>
          existing files.</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para">Default 
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<P>Here is what the Editors preference page looks like:&nbsp;
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<P><img src="../images/Image220_pref_dte.png" alt="Editors Preference Page" border="0" >
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<P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference" >
<br><a href="ref-24.htm">Editor Area</a>
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