Configure
Selecting Settings Configure Editor from the menu brings up the Configure Editor dialog box. This dialog can be used to alter a number of different settings. The settings available for change vary according to which category the user chooses from a vertical list on the left side of the dialog. By means of three buttons along the bottom of the box the user can control the process.
She or he may invoke the Help system, accept the current settings and close the dialog by means of the OK button, or Cancel the process. The categories Colors, Fonts Indent, Select, Edit, Spelling and Highlighting are detailed below.

Colors
This section provides access to two different color settings, described below. Each of these settings may be changed by clicking on its corresponding button. These are special wide buttons that are the color of the current setting. Clicking on one of the buttons calls a special color dialog box used to change the setting.
The color dialog box provides a convenient and graphical way to select a color. In the upper left of the box is a rectangular display of a spectrum of colors. To the immediate right of this, is vertical bar displaying a range of intensity from the most dark at the bottom to the most light at the top. The user may select and adjust a color by clicking in these two boxes. Clicking in the rectangular display selects a particular mix of red, green, and blue colors and in the vertical bar selects a level of intensity (value). The various color attributes are displayed in numerical form in small text boxes located directly below the spectral rectangle and the user can see them change as the color is adjusted. These attributes include the mix of the basic color components (red, green, and blue) as well as hue and saturation levels. Alternatively the user can enter figures directly in these boxes. There is also a square at the bottom center of the dialog box which displays the color which is under consideration at any time. To the right of this display is another text box labeled HTML: This shows the user the color code that would be used to specify the particular displayed color in HTML code which is widely used for web pages.
In addition to the above, the color dialog allows the capture of any color currently displayed on the desktop or in another program. Clicking on the button with the dropper icon (located on the right side of the dialog box,) changes the shape of the mouse cursor to a set of crosshairs. Clicking again will pick up the color attributes of whatever color is displayed under the cross hairs.
Furthermore the user has the option of adding any color to a personal palette of Custom Colors by clicking on the wide button labeled Add to Custom Colors (which is located directly above the display square.) This adds the current color to the custom color palette. This palette and any other available palettes can be displayed using the drop down selection box located directly above the palette display at the top right of the dialog box. Besides the custom colors, the user can access a number of pre-prepared palettes.
Background 	Here the user can specify a color for the general background of .
Selected 	This allows the user to select a color to be used for indicating selected (or highlighted) portions of the document.

Fonts
Here you can choose the default font for . You can choose from any font available on your system, and set a default size and encoding. A sample text displays at the bottom of the dialog, so you can see the effect of your choices.

Indent
Auto Indent 	This causes new lines to begin with the same indentation level as the previous line.
Indent With Spaces 	This replaces tabs with the number of spaces selected in the Tab Width window in the Edit section of the preferences dialog.
Backspace Key Indents 	This allows the backspace key to be used to indent.
Tab Key Indents 	This allows the tab key to be used to indent.
Keep Extra Spaces 	Indentations of more than the selected number of spaces will not be shortened.

Select
Persistent Selections 	This prevents key input or cursor movement by way of the arrow keys from causing the elimination of text selection.
(Note: If the Overwrite Selections option is activated then any typed character input or paste operation will replace the selected text.)
Overwrite Selections 	Any keyed character input or paste operation will replace the selected text.
Mouse Autocopy 	Any text selected with the mouse will be automatically copied to the clipboard.
X11-like Single Selection 	Not implemented yet.
Vertical Selections 	This activates the Vertical Selection option.
Toggle Old 	Not yet implemented

Edit
Word Wrap 	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. will automatically start a new line of text when the current line reaches the length specified by the Wrap Words At: option.
Wrap Words At:	If the Word Wrap option is selected this entry determines the length (in characters) at which the editor will automatically start a new line.
Replace Tabs By Spaces 	 will replace any tabs with the number of spaces indicated in the Tab Width: entry.
Tab Width 	If the Replace Tabs By Spaces option is selected this entry determines the number of spaces with which the editor will automatically replace tabs.
Remove Trailing Spaces 	 will automatically eliminate extra spaces at the ends of lines of text.
Auto Brackets 	When the user types a left bracket ([, (, or {) automatically enters the right bracket (}, ), or ]) to the right of the cursor.
Group Undos 	Groups of similar actions are to be considered a single Undo step by . In other words, a series of regular character keystrokes (words or expressions) would be considered one step and therefore be removed by a single undo operation. If the series of character entries were interrupted by a non-character entry operation (such as a backspace), invoking undo would only remove the entries made since that operation. The next undo would then reverse that operation and so on.
When this option is not selected considers each keystroke to be a single step. So if the user (with this option active) were to type several words or even sentences without having to make corrections or cut or paste or some other non-character entry operation then a click of the undo button would eliminate all that had been typed since the last non-entry operation. A second click would eliminate that operation and a third any operation or series of entries that occurred before the operation and so on. When not selected three clicks of the undo button would only remove the last three letters typed, or the last three operations.
Show Tabs 	The editor will display a symbol to indicate the presence of a tab in the text.
Smart Home 	Not yet implemented
Page Up/Down Moves Cursor 	This option changes the behavior of the cursor when the user presses the Page Up or Page Down key. If unselected the text cursor will maintain its relative position within the visible text in 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.
Wrap Cursor 	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.
When this option is chosen, clicking with the mouse past the end of a line of text will place the insert cursor at the end of the text, and not in the place you clicked. This avoids accidentally adding an empty space in the middle of text, and is the default behavior of most editors.
Undo steps: 	Here the user may specify the number of steps will retain in memory for purposes of undoing entries and actions. This means that the higher the number of steps set the more memory will use for this. Setting this entry to 10 would mean that the user would be be able reverse the last ten operations, i.e. click the undo button 10 times and obtain results.
Encoding 	 This sets the character encoding for your file.

Spelling
A spell checker is a program designed to help the user catch and correct any spelling errors. This section of the preferences dialog allows certain important settings to be adjusted in this regard.
Create root/affix combinations not in dictionary 	Selecting this option allows the spell checker to register as 'correct' combinations of root words with suffixes or prefixes even if the particular combination is not listed in its dictionary data base of words.
Consider run-together words as spelling errors 	Selecting this will cause the spell checker to register as 'misspelled' two or more correctly spelled words that are 'run-together', i.e., that do not have spaces separating them.
Dictionary: 	Depending on the user's installation one or more different language spelling dictionaries may be available. This drop down box allows the user to choose which language the spell checker should use.
Encoding: 	There are different coding systems used to associate particular codes with particular characters and symbols. If the user knows which code he or she is using this drop down box allows this code to be specified so that the spell checker can do its job correctly.
Client: 	Since does not contain its own spell checker, an external one must be chosen. This is where the user may specify which spell check program to use.