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| <title>Defining XML editor preferences</title> | |
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| <searchtitle>Defining XML editor preferences</searchtitle> | |
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| <shortdesc>You can set various preferences for the Source view of the XML | |
| editor such as the formatter indentation style, line wrapping rules, and content | |
| assist rules. To apply the formatting styles, right-click in the Source view | |
| for your XML document, and click <menucascade><uicontrol>Format</uicontrol> | |
| <uicontrol>Document</uicontrol></menucascade>.</shortdesc> | |
| <prolog><metadata> | |
| <keywords><indexterm>XML editor<indexterm>preferences</indexterm></indexterm> | |
| <indexterm>preferences<indexterm>XML editor</indexterm></indexterm></keywords> | |
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| <taskbody> | |
| <context><p>To define XML preferences, complete the following steps:</p></context> | |
| <steps> | |
| <step><cmd>Click <menucascade><uicontrol>Window</uicontrol><uicontrol>Preferences</uicontrol> | |
| </menucascade> and select <menucascade><uicontrol>XML</uicontrol><uicontrol>XML | |
| Files</uicontrol><uicontrol>Editor</uicontrol></menucascade>.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>Enter a maximum width for formatted lines in the <uicontrol>Line | |
| width</uicontrol> field</cmd><info>The default value is 72.</info></step> | |
| <step><cmd>Select <uicontrol>Split multiple attributes each on a new line</uicontrol> to | |
| start every attribute on a new line.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>Select <uicontrol>Preserve whitespace in tags with PCDATA content</uicontrol> to | |
| prevent the editor from deleting whitespace in elements that contain parsed | |
| character data.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>If you want blank lines to be removed when the document is formatted, | |
| select the <uicontrol>Clear all blank lines</uicontrol> check box. </cmd> | |
| <info>By default, blank lines are preserved in a formatted document.</info> | |
| </step> | |
| <step><cmd>Select <uicontrol>Indent using tabs</uicontrol> if you want to | |
| use tab characters (\t) as the standard formatting indentation, or, if you | |
| prefer to use spaces, select <uicontrol>Indent using spaces</uicontrol>.</cmd> | |
| </step> | |
| <step><cmd>You can also specify the <uicontrol>Indentation size</uicontrol> which | |
| is the number of tabs or space characters used for formatting indentation.</cmd> | |
| </step> | |
| <step><cmd>You can specify certain characters (the default command<?Pub Caret?> | |
| is <=) that will cause the content assist list to pop up automatically. | |
| Ensure the <uicontrol>Automatically make suggestions</uicontrol> check box | |
| is selected and specify the characters in the <uicontrol>Prompt when these | |
| characters are inserted</uicontrol> field. </cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>If you select <b>Strict</b> from the <b>Suggestion strategy</b> list, | |
| suggestions that are grammatically valid will be shown first (with bold icons) | |
| in the content assist list. Other suggestions that are applicable to the element | |
| scope, but not grammatically valid, will be shown below them with a de-emphasized | |
| icon. The default value for this field is <b>Strict</b>.</cmd></step> | |
| <step><cmd>The <uicontrol>Use inferred grammar in absence of DTD/Schema</uicontrol> check | |
| box is selected by default. </cmd><info>If this box is selected, when you | |
| have an XML file that is not associated with a DTD or XML schema, you will | |
| still be able to get content assist - the tool will infer what should come | |
| next in your file based on the existing content.</info></step> | |
| <step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>Apply</uicontrol> and then <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol> to | |
| save your changes.</cmd></step> | |
| </steps> | |
| </taskbody> | |
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