Editors

The following preferences can be changed on the Editors page.

Option

Description

Default

Size of recently opened files list

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.

4

Close editors automatically

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)

Off

Key Bindings

Use this option to specify the key bindings to use when navigating through the platform.

Default

Text File Encoding

Use this option to specify the encoding to use when saving text files in editors.

Default (CP1252)

 

Here is what the Editors preference page looks like: 

Editors Preference Page

Related reference
Editor Area

 
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