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<chapter id="configuring-kate">
<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>&Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail;</author>
<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
</authorgroup>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Configuring &kate;</title>

<sect1 id="configuring-overview">
<title>Overview</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>configure</primary>
<secondary>settings</secondary>
<tertiary>preferences</tertiary></indexterm>
<anchor id="find"/>
<anchor id="find-again"/>
<!-- <anchor id="print"/> -->
<anchor id="replace"/>
<!-- <anchor id="save"/> -->
<anchor id="undo"/>
<anchor id="redo"/>
&kate; offers several means of tweaking the application to behave as desired.
The most important ones are:
</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term id="configure">The Configuration Dialog</term>
<listitem><para>The main configuration tool, allowing you to configure the &kate; application,
the editor component and the usage of plugins.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term id="settings">The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to change often used settings, and to
launch the configuration dialogs.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to split the current frame, as well as to
display the icons and line numbers pane for the currently edited
document.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

<para>The embedded &konsole; is using the configuration defined in the
&kcontrolcenter;, and may be configured by clicking the
<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> mouse button and choosing from the
<guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem> sub menu.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="configuring-kate-configdialog">
<title>The Main Configuration Dialog</title>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="configdialog01.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>The &kate; configuration dialog displays a tree of topics on the
left, and a configuration page corresponding to the selected topic on
the right.</para>

<para>The configuration is divided into two groups, namely
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><link linkend="config-dialog">Application configuration</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="config-dialog-editor">Editor component configuration</link></para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="config-dialog">
<title>The &kate; Application Configuration</title>
<para>This group contains pages to configure the main &kate; application</para>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-general">
<title>The General Page</title>
<para>This section contains a few global options for &kate;</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-dialog-general-show-full-path" />
<guilabel>Show Full Path in Title</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>When enabled, Kate will display the full URL of your
current document in the window title, rather than just the file name.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-general-behavior"/>
<guilabel>Behavior</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<anchor id="config-dialog-general-sync-konsole"/>
<guibutton>Sync Konsole with Active Document</guibutton></term>
<listitem><para>This will cause the built-in &konsole; to
<command>cd</command> into the directory of the active document when
launched and when a new document gets the focus. If not enabled, you
have to do all your navigation in the &konsole; on your own.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-dialog-general-warn-mod"/>
<guilabel>Warn about files modified by foreign processes</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>When enabled, &kate; will notify you about files modified
from outside the application whenever the main window receives input focus.
You will be able to deal with several modified files at once, you
can reload, save or discard changed files in groups.</para>
<para>If not enabled, &kate; will prompt you for action when a externally
modified file receives focus within the application.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry><!-- /behavior group -->

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-general-meta-data"/>
<guilabel>Meta Data</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-general-keep-meta-information"/>
<guilabel>Keep meta-information past sessions</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>When enabled, &kate; will store meta data such as bookmarks
and session configuration even when you close your documents. The data
will be used if the document is unchanged when reopened.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-general-delete-meta-information-after"/>
<guilabel>Delete unused meta information after</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Set the maximum number of days to keep meta information
for unopen files. This helps keeping the database of meta information
reasonably sized.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry><!-- /meta data group -->

</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-sessions">
<title>The Sessions Page</title>

<para>This section contains options related to <link
linkend="fundamentals-using-sessions">using sessions</link>.</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-dialog-sessions-elements"/>
<guilabel>Elements of Sessions</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Include window configuration</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If enabled, &kate; will save the window configuration
with each session.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry><!-- /elements of sessions -->

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-dialog-sessions-startup-behavior"/>
<guilabel>Behavior on Application Startup</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Select how you want &kate; to behave at startup. This setting can be
overridden by specifying what to do on the <link
linkend="command-line-options">command line</link>.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Start new session</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>With this option, &kate; will start a new, unnamed session
when you start it.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Load last used session</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>&kate; will use the most recently opened session at
startup. This is good if you want to use the same session always or switch
rarely.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Manually choose a session</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>&kate; will display a small dialog that lets you choose
your preferred session. This is the default behavior. Nice if you use a lot of
different sessions frequently.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry><!-- /startup behavior -->

<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="config-dialog-sessions-exit-behavior"/>
<guilabel>Behavior on Application Exit or Session Switch</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Do not save session</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The changes to the session data (open files and if enabled,
window configuration) will not be saved. You will of course be prompted if you
have unsaved files. With this option, your can configure your sessions once, and
not worry about closing extra files that you opened and do not want to see
next time you use the session.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Save Session</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>&kate; will save session data, except if the session is unnamed.
With this option, your sessions are allways restored just like you left them.
This is the default behavior.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Ask user</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>You will be asked if you want to save the session every time a
named session is closed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry><!-- /exit/switch behavior -->

</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-fileselector">
<title>The <guilabel>Filesystem Browser</guilabel> Page</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Configure the buttons on the file system browser toolbar
by moving the ones you want enabled to the <guilabel>Selected Actions</guilabel>
list, and order them using the arrow buttons at the side of the list.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Auto Synchronization</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>You can have the filesystem browser automatically navigate to
the directory containing the current document on certain events:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>When a new document becomes the active one.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>When the filesystem browser becomes visible.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Even if you select not to use this feature, you can manually synchronize the
browser with the current document by pressing the
<guilabel>Synchronize</guilabel> toolbar button.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Remember locations</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Select how long a browsing history you want. The browser does
only remember individual locations, duplicates are removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Remember filters</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Select how many filters you want remembered. Only individually
distinct filters are remembered, duplicates are removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Session</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configure wether the file system browser should remember its location and
filter over sessions.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-documentlist">
<title>The <guilabel>Doucment List</guilabel> Page</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Backgound Shading</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This section allows you to enable or disable the background
shading visualization of your recent activity, and chose which colors to use if
enabled. See the section about <link
linkend="kate-mdi-tools-file-list">The Document List</link> for more about
this feature.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Sort By</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Set how you want the document list sorted. This can be set
from the &RMB; menu in the document list as well.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-plugins">
<title>The <guilabel>Plugins</guilabel> Page</title>

<para>This page provides a list of installed plugins for the &kate;
application. Each plug-in is represented with its name and a short description.
You can check the checkbox with an item to enable the plug-in it represents.
</para>

<para>If a plug-in provides configuration options, a section to access those
will appear as a child of this page.</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="config-dialog-externaltools">
<title>External Tools</title>

<para>In the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu you will find a submenu labeled
<guisubmenu>External Tools</guisubmenu>. These tools invokes external
applications with data related to the current document, for example its URL,
directory, text or selection. This page allows you to manage the menu and edit,
remove or add new tools.</para>

<para>Each external tool is a shell command which contains macros representing
the document data. When activated, the macros are substituted with data from the
active document.</para>

<variablelist>
<title>External Tools Properties</title>
<varlistentry>
<term>Label</term>
<listitem><para>A friendly label for the External Tools menu.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>Script</term>
<listitem><para>The script to execute when the tool is activated. Before passing
the script to the shell, the following macros are substituted:

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>%URL</term>
<listitem><para>The full URL of the current document, or an empty string if the
document is unsaved.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>%URLS</term>
<listitem><para>A space seperated list of the URLs of all open documents
(except unsaved ones).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>%directory</term>
<listitem><para>The directory part of the current documents URL or an empty
string if the current document is unsaved.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>%filename</term>
<listitem><para>the filename of the current document without the path, or an
empty string if the current document is unsaved.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>%line</term>
<listitem><para>The line number of the insertion cursor is in the current
document.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>%column</term>
<listitem><para>The column number of the insertion cursor in the current
document.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>%selection</term>
<listitem><para>The selected text in the current document, or an empty string
if no text is selected</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>%text</term>
<listitem><para>The full text of the current document. Beware that this will
potentially exceed the maximum command length allowed on your system.
Use with care.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>Executable</term>
<listitem><para>The main executable is the script. This is mandatory, and is used
to test if the command can be run at all. A fully qualified path is allowed
in case the executable is not in your <envar>PATH</envar> variable.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>Mimetypes</term>
<listitem><para>A semicolon separated list of mimetypes for which this command
should be enabled. This is currently unused.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>Save</term>
<listitem><para>You can optionally select to have the current or all documents
saved prior to executing the script. This is handy if your script reads the file
from disk.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>Command Line Name</term>
<listitem><para>If you fill this, the tool will be available in the
<link linkend="advanced-editing-tools-commandline">editors command line</link> as
<command>exttool-<replaceable>Command Line Name</replaceable></command>
(the string you enter here prepended <quote>exttool-</quote>).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="config-dialog-editor">
<title>The Editor Component Configuration</title>
<para>This group contains all pages related to the editor component of
&kate;. Most of the settings here are defaults, they can be overridden by
<link linkend="config-dialog-editor-filetypes">defining a filetype</link>,
by <link linkend="config-variables">Document Variables</link> or by changing
them pr. document during an editing session.</para>


<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-appearance">
<title>Appearance</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Word Wrap</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="appearance-settings">
<term><guilabel>Dynamic word wrap</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is checked, the text lines
will be wrapped at the view border on the screen.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Dynamic word wrap indicators</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Choose when the Dynamic word wrap indicators
should be displayed.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Vertically align dynamically wrapped lines
to indentation depth:
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Enables the start of dynamically wrapped
lines to be aligned  vertically to the indentation level of the first
line.  This can help to make code and markup more
readable.</para><para>Additionally, this allows you to
set a maximum width of the screen, as a percentage,
after which dynamically wrapped lines will no longer be vertically aligned.
For example, at 50%, lines whose indentation levels are deeper than 50% of the
width of the screen will not have vertical alignment applied to subsequent
wrapped lines.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Code Folding</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show folding markers (if available)
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is checked, the current view will display marks
for code folding, if code folding is available.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Borders</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show icon border
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this is checked, you will see an icon border on the left
hand side. The icon border shows bookmark signs for instance.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show line numbers
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this is checked, you will see line numbers on the left
hand side.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show scrollbar marks
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is checked the current view
will show marks on the vertical scrollbar. These marks will
for instance show bookmarks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Sort Bookmarks Menu
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>By position
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The bookmarks will be ordered by the line
numbers they are placed at.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>By creation
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Each new bookmark will be added to the bottom,
independently from where it is placed in the document.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show identation lines
</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this is checked, the editor wil display
vertical lines to help identifying indent lines.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-colors">
<title>Fonts &amp; Colors</title>

<para>This section of the dialog lets you configure all fonts and colors in
any color scheme you have, as well creating new schemes or deleting existing
ones. Each scheme has settings for colors, fonts and normal and highlight text
styles.
</para>

<para>&kate; will preselect the currently active scheme for you, if you want to
work on a different scheme start by selecting that from the
<guilabel>Schema</guilabel> combobox.</para>

<sect3 id="config-dialog-editor-colors-colors">
<title>Colors</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="config-dialog-editor-colors-colors-text-background">
<term><guilabel>Text Area Background</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry id="config-dialog-editor-colors-normal-text">
<term><guilabel>Normal text</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This is the default background for the editor area, it will be
the dominant color on the editor area.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="config-dialog-editor-colors-selected-text">
<term><guilabel>Selected Text</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This is the background for selected text. The default is
the global selection color, as set in your &kde; color preferences.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="config-dialog-editor-colors-current-line">
<term><guilabel>Current Line</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Set the color for the current line. Setting this a bit different
from the Normal text background helps to keep focus on the current line.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="config-dialog-editor-colors-marks">
<term><guilabel>Bookmark</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This combo lets you set overlay colors for various mark types.
The color is mixed into the background color of a marked line, so that a line
with more marks or a marked line that is current has a background that is a mix
of more colors. The mark colors are also used if you enable display of scrollbar
marks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="config-dialog-editor-colors-colors-other-elements">
<term><guilabel>Other Elements</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Left Border Background</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This color is used for the marks, line numbers and folding
marker borders in the left side of the editor view when they are displayed.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Line Numbers</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This color is used to draw the line numbers on the left side of
the view when displayed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Bracket Highlight</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This color is used to draw the background of matching brackets.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Word Wrap Markers</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This color is used to draw a pattern to the left of dynamically
wrapped lines when those are aligned vertically, as well as for the static word
wrap marker.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Tab Markers</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This color is used to draw white space indicators when enabled.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="config-dialog-editor-colors-fonts">
<title>Fonts</title>
<para>
Here you can choose the font for the schema.  You can choose from
any font available on your system, and set a default size. A sample text
displays at the bottom of the dialog, so you can see the effect of your choices.
</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="config-dialog-editor-colors-normal-text-styles">
<title>Normal Text Styles</title>
<para>The normal text styles are inherited by the highlight text styles,
allowing the editor to present text in a very consistent way, for example comment
text is using the same style in allmost all of the text formats that kate can
highlight.</para>
<para>The name in the list of styles is using the style configured for
the item, providing you with an immediate preview when configuring a style.
</para>
<para>Each style lets you select common attributes as well as foreground
and background colors. To unset a background color, rightclick to use the
context menu.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="config-dialog-editor-colors-highlighting-text-styles">
<title>Highlighting Text Styles</title>
<para>Here you can edit the text styles used by a specific highlight definition.
The editor preselects the highlight used by your current document. To work on a
different highlight, select one in the <guilabel>Highlight</guilabel> combobox
above the style list.
</para>
<para>The name in the list of styles is using the style configured for
the item, providing you with an immediate preview when configuring a style.
</para>
<para>Each style lets you select common attributes as well as foreground
and background colors. To unset a background color, rightclick to use the
context menu. In addition you can see if a style is equal to the default style
used for the item, and set it to that if not.</para>
<para>You will notice that many highlights contain other highlights represented
by groups in the style list. For example most highlights import the Alert
highlight, and many source code formats imports the Doxygen highlight. Editing
colors in those groups only affects the styles when used in the edited highlight
format.
</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-cursor-selection">
<title>Cursor &amp; Selection</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Text Cursor Movement</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Smart home</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>When selected, pressing the home key will cause the cursor to
skip white space and go to the start of a line's text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Wrap cursor</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>When on, moving the insertion cursor using the <emphasis
role="bold">Left</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">Right</emphasis> keys will
go on to previous/next line at beginning/end of the line, similar to most
editors.</para><para>When off, the insertion cursor cannot be moved left of the
line start, but it can be moved off the line end, which can be very handy for
programmers. When this option is chosen, moving the cursor with the arrow keys
off the end of a line (to the right) causes it to jump down to the beginning of
the next line. Likewise when the cursor is moved past the beginning of a line
(to the left) it jumps up to the end of the preceding line. When this option is
not selected, moving the cursor right past the end of a line merely causes it to
continue horizontally in the same line and trying to move it left past the
beginning does nothing.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Page Up/Page Down moves cursor</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This option changes the behavior of the cursor when the user presses
the <keycap>Page Up</keycap> or <keycap>Page Down</keycap> key. If unselected
the text cursor will maintain its relative position within the visible text in
&kate; as new text becomes visible as a result of the operation.  So if the
cursor is in the middle of the visible text when the operation occurs it will
remain there (except when one reaches the beginning or end.)  With this option
selected, the first key press will cause the cursor to move to either the top or
bottom of the visible text as a new page of text is displayed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Autocenter cursor (lines):</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Sets the number of lines to maintain visible above and below the cursor
when possible.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Selection Mode</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Normal</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Selections will be overwritten by typed text and will be lost on
cursor movement.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Persistent</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Selections will stay even after cursor movement and typing.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-edit">
<title>Editing</title>
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Tabulators</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Insert spaces instead of tabulators</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>When this is enabled the editor will insert a calculated number of spaces
according to the position in the text and the <option>tab-width</option> setting
when you press the <keycap>TAB</keycap> key.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show tabulators</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>When this is enabled &kate; will display a small dot as a visual
representation of tabulator characters.</para>
<note><para>This also causes dots to be drawn to indicate trailing white space.
This will be fixed in a future version of &kate;</para></note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term id="config-dialog-editor-tab-width">Tab Width</term> <listitem><para>If the
<link  linkend="config-dialog-editor-word-wrap"><guilabel>Replace Tabs By
Spaces</guilabel></link>
option is selected this entry determines the number of
spaces with which the editor will automatically replace
tabs.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term id="config-dialog-editor-word-wrap"><guilabel>Static Word Wrap</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>
Word wrap is a feature that causes the editor to automatically start a new line
of text and move (wrap) the cursor to the beginning of that new line.  &kate;
will automatically start a new line of text when  the current line reaches the
length specified by the <link linkend="config-dialog-editor-wrap-words-at">Wrap Words
At:</link> option.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Enable static word wrap</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Turns static word wrap on or off.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show static word wrap markers
(if applicable)</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>If this option is checked, a vertical line will be drawn at the word wrap
column as defined in the <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Editing tab.
Please note that the word wrap marker is only drawn if you use a fixed pitch
font.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="config-dialog-editor-wrap-words-at">
<term><guilabel>Wrap words at:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>If the <link linkend="config-dialog-editor-word-wrap">Word Wrap</link> option is selected
this entry  determines the length (in characters) at which the editor will
automatically start a new line.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Remove Trailing Spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>&kate; will automatically eliminate extra spaces
at the ends of lines of text.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Auto Brackets</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>When
the user types a left bracket ([, (, or {) &kate; automatically enters the
right bracket (}, ), or ]) to the right of the cursor.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry> <term>Maximum <link linkend="undo">undo</link> steps:</term>
<listitem><para>Here the user may specify the number of steps &kate; will
retain in memory for purposes of undoing entries and actions. This means that
the higher the number of steps set the more memory &kate; will use for this.
Setting  this entry to 10 would mean that the user would be be able reverse the
last ten operations, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev> click the <guibutton>undo</guibutton>
button 10 times and obtain results.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>

<varlistentry> <term>Smart search text from:</term>
<listitem><para>This determines where &kate; will get the search
text from (this will be automatically entered into the Find Text
dialog):
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Nowhere:</emphasis> Don't guess the search
text.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Selection Only:</emphasis> Use
    the current text selection, if available. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Selection, then Current Word:</emphasis>
Use the current selection if available, otherwise use the current word.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Current Word
Only:</emphasis> Use the word that    the cursor is currently resting on, if
available. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Current Word, then Selection:</emphasis>
Use the current word if    available, otherwise use the current selection.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Note that, in all the above modes, if a
search string has not been or cannot be determined, then the Find Text Dialog
will fall back to the last search text.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-indent">
<title>Indentation</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Automatic indentation</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Indentation mode:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Select the automatic indentation mode you want to use as default. It is
strongly recommended to use <userinput>None</userinput> or
<userinput>Normal</userinput>here, and use filetype configurations to set other
indentation modes for text formats like C/C++ code or &XML;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Insert leading Doxygen "*" when typing</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Automatically insert a leading "*" while typing within a doxygen
style comment. This setting is only enabled when applicable.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Indentation with Spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Use spaces instead of tabs to indent</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This  replaces tabs with the number of spaces set in <guilabel>Number of
spaces:</guilabel> below.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Emacs style mixed mode</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Use a mix of tabs and space characters for indentation.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Number of spaces:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Set the number of spaces you want to use for indentation when you
check <guilabel>Use spaces instead of tabs to indent</guilabel>
above.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Keep Indent Profile</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>When this is enabled, the editor will not unindent lines in a
selection further when the line with the least indentation becomes unindented.
If you sometimes unindent blocks of indented code, this may be helpful.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Keep Extra Spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Indentations of more than the selected number of spaces
will not be shortened.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Keys to use</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Tab key indents</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This  allows the <keycombo
action="simul"><keycap>tab</keycap></keycombo> key to be used to indent.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Backspace key indent</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This allows the <keycombo
action="simul"><keycap>backspace</keycap></keycombo> key to be used to
indent.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Tab Key Mode if Nothing Selected</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Insert indent characters</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This allows the <keycombo
action="simul"><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> key insert indent
characters.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Insert tab character</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This allows the <keycombo
action="simul"><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> key insert a tab.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Indent current line</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This allows the <keycombo
action="simul"><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> key indent the current
line.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-open-save">
<title>Open &amp; Save</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>File Format</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Encoding:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This sets the default character encoding for your files.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>End of line:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Choose your prefered end of line mode for your active
document. You have the choice between &UNIX;, DOS/&Windows; or Macintosh.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Automatic end of line detection</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Check this if you want the editor to autodetect the end of line
type. The first found end of line type will be used for the whole file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Memory Usage</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Maximum loaded blocks per file:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>The editor will load given number of blocks (of around 2048 lines) of
text into memory;  if the filesize is bigger than this the other blocks
are swapped to disk and loaded transparently as-needed.</para>
<para>This can cause little delays while navigating in the document; a
larger block count increases the editing speed at the cost of memory.
</para><para>For normal usage, just choose the highest possible block count:
limit it only if you have problems with the memory usage.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Automatic Cleanups on Load/Save</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Remove trailing spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>The editor will automatically eliminate extra spaces at the ends of lines
of text while loading/saving the file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Folder Config File</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Search depth for config file:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>The editor will search the given number of folder levels upwards
for &kate; config file and load the settings line from it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Backup on Save</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Backing up on save will cause &kate; to copy the disk file to
&lt;prefix&gt;&lt;filename&gt;&lt;suffix&gt;' before saving changes.
The suffix defaults to <emphasis role="bold">~</emphasis> and prefix is empty by
default. </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Local files</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Check this if you want backups of local files when
saving.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Remote files</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Check this if you want backups of remote files when saving.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Prefix</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Enter the prefix to prepend to the backup file names.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Suffix</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Enter the suffix to add to the backup file names.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-highlighting">
<title>Highlighting</title>
<para>This group of options is used to customize the highlighting styles for
each programming language type. Any changes you made in other areas of this
dialog apply only to this type.</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Highlight:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This is used to choose the language type to
configure.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Informations</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
View the properties of the chosen language highlighting rules:
author name and license.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Properties</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>File extensions:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This is the list of file extensions used to determine which
files to highlight using the current syntax highlight mode.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>MIME types:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Clicking the wizard button will display a dialog with a list of
all available mime types to choose from.</para><para>The <emphasis
role="bold">File Extensions</emphasis> entry will automatically be edited as
well.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Priority:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Set the priority of the highlight rule.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>Download...</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Click this button to download new or updated syntax highlight descriptions
from the &kate; website.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-filetypes">
<title>Filetypes</title>
<para>This page allows you to override the default configuration for documents
of specified mimetypes. When the editor loads a document, it will try if it
matches the file masks or mimetypes for one of the defined filetypes, and if so
apply the variables defined. If more filetypes match, the one with the highest
priority will be used.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Filetype:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The filetype with the highest priority is the one displayed in
the first drop down box. If more filetypes were found, they are
also listed.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>New</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This is used to create a new filetype. After
you click on this button, the fields below get empty and you
can fill the properties you want for the new filetype.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Delete</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>To remove an existing filetype, select it from the drop down
box and press the Delete button.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem> </varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Properties of current filetype</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The filetype with the highest priority is the one displayed in
the first drop down box. If more filetypes were found, they are also
listed.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Name:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The name of the filetype will be the text of the corresponding
menu item. This name is displayed in the
<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filetypes</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice ></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Section:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The section name is used to organize the file types in
menus. This is also used in the
<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filetypes</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> menu.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Variables:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This string allows you to configure &kate;'s settings for the
files selected by this mimetype using &kate; variables. You can set almost any
configuration option, such as highlight, indent-mode, encoding,
etc.</para><para>For a full list of known variables, see the
manual.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>File extensions:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The wildcards mask allows you to select files by filename. A
typical mask uses an asterisk and the file extension, for example
<filename>*.txt; *.text</filename>. The string is a semicolon-separated list of
masks.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>MIME types:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Displays a wizard that helps you easily select
mimetypes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Priority:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Sets a priority for this file type. If more than one file type
selects the same file, the one with the highest priority will be
used.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem> </varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-shortcuts">
<title>Shortcuts</title>
<para>You can change here the shortcut keys configuration. Select an
action and click on <guilabel>Custom</guilabel> if you want a different shortcut
for this action.</para>
<para>The search line alllows you to look for a specific action and see
its associated shortcut.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="config-dialog-editor-plugins">
<title>Plugins</title>
<para>This tab lists all available plugins and you can check those you
want to use. Once a plugin is checked, the
<guibutton>Configure</guibutton> button is enabled and you can click it
in order to configure the highlighted plugin.</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>



<sect1 id="config-variables">

<title>Configuring With Document Variables</title>

<para>Kate variables is kateparts implementation of document variables, similar
to emacs and vi modelines. In katepart, the lines have the format

<userinput>kate: VARIABLENAME VALUE; [ VARIABLENAME VALUE; ... ]</userinput>

the lines can of course be in a comment, if the file is in a format with comments.
Variable names are single words (no whitespace), and anything up to the next
semicolon is the value. The semicolon is required.</para>

<para>Here is an example variable line, forcing indentation settings for a C++,
java or javascript file:

<programlisting>// kate: space-indent on; indent-width 4; mixedindent off; indent-mode cstyle;</programlisting>
</para>

<note><para>Only the first and last 10 lines are searched for variable lines.</para></note>

<para>There are variables to support almost all configurations in katepart, and
aditionally plugins can use variables, in which case it should be documented in
the plugin's documentation.</para>

<sect2 id="config-variables-howto">
<title>How kate uses variables</title>

<para>When reading configuration, katepart looks in the following places
(in that order):

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>The global configuration.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optional session data.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The "Filetype" configuration.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Document variables in the document itself.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Settings made during editing from menu or command line.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

As you can understand document variables has the next highest precedence.
Whenever a document is saved, the document variables are reread, and will
overwrite changes made using menu items or the command line.</para>

<para>Any variable not listed below is stored in the document and can be queried
by other objects such as plugins, which can use them for their own purpose.
For example the variable indent mode uses document variables for its
configuration.</para>

<para>The variables listed here documents &kate; version 2.4. More variables
may be added in the future. There are 3 possible types of values for variables,
with the following valid expressions:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>BOOL - on|off|true|false|1|0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>INTEGER - any integer number</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>STRING - anything else</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>

<variablelist>
<title>Available Variables</title>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>auto-brackets</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set auto insertion of brackets on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>auto-center-lines</command><arg>INT</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the number of autocenter lines.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>auto-insert-doxygen</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Turn insertion of the leading asterisk in doxygen comments on or
off. This has no effect unless you use the cstyle auto-indenter. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>background-color</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the document background color. The value must be something
that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example "#ff0000".</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>backspace-indents</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Turn backspace indenting on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>block-selection</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Turn block selection on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>bracket-highlight-color</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the color for the bracket highlight. The value must be
something that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example "#ff0000" </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>current-line-color</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the color for the current line. The  value must be
something that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example "#ff0000".</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>dynamic-word-wrap</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Turns dynamic word wrap on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>eol | end-of-line</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the end of line mode. Valid settings are
<quote>unix</quote>, <quote>mac</quote> and <quote>dos</quote></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>encoding</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the document encoding. The value must be a valid encoding
name, like <quote>utf-8</quote>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>font-size</command><arg>INT</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the point size of the document font.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>font</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the font of the document. The value should be a valid font
name, for example <quote>courier</quote>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>icon-bar-color</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the icon bar color. The  value must be something that can
be evaluated to a valid color, for example <literal>#ff0000</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>icon-border</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the display of the icon border on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>folding-markers</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the display of folding markers on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>indent-mode</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the auto-indentation mode. The options <quote>none</quote>,
<quote>normal</quote>, <quote>cstyle</quote>, <quote>csands</quote>,
<quote>python</quote>, <quote>xml</quote> are recognized. See the section
<xref linkend="kate-part-autoindent"/> for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>indent-width</command><arg>INT</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the indentation width.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>keep-extra-spaces</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set wheather to keep extra spaces when calculating indentation width.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>keep-indent-profile</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>If enabled, prevents unindenting a block if at least one line
has no indentation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>line-numbers</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the display of line numbers on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>mixed-indent</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set mixed indentation ala Emacs on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>overwrite-mode</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set overwrite mode on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>persistent-selection</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set persistent selection on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>remove-trailing-space</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set dynamic end of line cleanup on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>replace-tabs-save</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set tab-&gt;space conversion on save on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>replace-tabs</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set dynamic tab-&gt;space conversion on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>replace-trailing-space-save</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set end of line cleanup on save on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>scheme</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the color scheme. The string must be the name of a color
scheme that exists in your configuration to have any effect.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>selection-color</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the selection color. The  value must be something that can
be evaluated to a valid color, for example "#ff0000".</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>show-tabs</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the visual TAB character on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>smart-home</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set smart home navigation on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>space-indent</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set indentation with spaces on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>tab-indents</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the TAB key indentation on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>tab-width</command><arg>INT</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the tab display width.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>undo-steps</command><arg>INT</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the number of undo steps to remember.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>word-wrap-column</command><arg>INT</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the hard word wrap width.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>word-wrap-marker-color</command><arg>STRING</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set the word wrap marker color. The  value must be something
that can be evaluated to a valid color, for example "#ff0000".</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>word-wrap</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set hard word wrapping on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>wrap-cursor</command><arg>BOOL</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
<listitem><para>Set cursor wrapping on or off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>