Preferences - Editing Window

 

Introduction

These preferences control the appearance and functionality of the HotDog editing window. To edit your general editing window preferences:

  1. On the Edit menu, select Preferences submenu.

  2. Select Editing Window on the tree view of the Preferences dialog.

Drag 'n' Drop Text Editing

To move and copy text by dragging the selection with the mouse, select the Drag-And-Drop Text Editing check box.

Insert <P> Container

With this option checked, when you insert a <P> tag, HotDog will automatically insert a </P> for you. (The </P> tag ending is optional in HTML).

Show Hidden Fields

Checking this option will make all the hidden characters, such as tabs, spaces, carriage returns etc. appear in your document.

Dim Hidden Fields

This option forces HotDog to display control characters (such as carriage returns etc. ) dimly.

Word Wrap

To wrap the text from one line to the next within the document window, select the Word Wrapping check box.

Tab Size

This sets the distance (in number of characters) between the Tab Stops in your editing window.

Print Margin

You can define the position of the print margin here.

Show Print Margin

This option displays the print margin. The print margin shows the width of the printed page. If you work within the print margin, when printing, your text will appear exactly as you see it on your screen.

Auto Indent

Positions the cursor under the first nonblank character of the preceding nonblank line when you press Enter.

Tabs as Spaces

With this option ticked, your tabs are recognized as spaces in the editing window.

Show Gutter

With this option checked the Gutter is displayed, allowing for insertion of bookmarks and line numbers.

Show Line Number

With this option checked the line number is displayed making it easier for you to edit long sections of code.