Slick EDIT V3.3 User Manual

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wise, the editing mode is set to replace.

• Throw away file lists - If selected, the modified File Manager file lists can be modified and closed

without being prompted to save.

• Auto exit build window - If selected, the concurrent build window is automatically exited when the buf-

fer is closed or when exiting the editor.

• Edit "A B C" start on file A - If selected, the first file opened becomes the active buffer.

• Short key names - If selected, key names in the MDI menu bar are condensed (non-CUA). For long

CUA key names, clear this check box.

• Reflow next - If selected, the reflow_paragraph command places the cursor on the next paragraph

after it has reformatted the current paragraph. Otherwise, the cursor is kept at the same location within
the current paragraph.

• Protect read-only mode - If selected, the editor will not let you modify a file that is in read-only mode.

The save command always prompts for a different output file name if the file is in read-only mode.

• CUA text box - If selected, the keys Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V perform cut, copy, and paste com-

mands respectively for a text box other than the command line. In addition, the dialog manager takes
over the keys Alt+A through Alt+Z for selecting controls.

Note

Do not mark this check box if you want all of the keys to operate the same in a text box as they
do in the command line and edit windows.

• Paren match style - This feature always uses fast brace matching. Select from the following options

(the first three are mutually exclusive):

• Highlight - When selected, typing a closing parenthesis temporarily block-selects the text within the

parenthesis pair.

• Cursor to begin paren - When selected, typing a closing parenthesis temporarily places the cursor

on the matching begin parenthesis.

• None - When selected, typing a closing parenthesis just inserts the close parenthesis.

• Highlight matching blocks - When selected, the corresponding parenthesis, brace, bracket, or be-

gin/end word pairs under the cursor are automatically highlighted.

Tip

To customize the highlighting color, go to Window

→

Preferences, expand SlickEdit and click

General in the tree, then double-click the Color setting. Select the Block Matching screen ele-
ment. To adjust the delay in milliseconds before the highlighting is updated, go to Macro

→

Set

Macro Variable and modify the variable def_match_paren_idle. See

Setting Colors for Screen

General Options Dialog

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