The K Desktop Environment

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7. General Preferences

This dialog consist of five pages. A page is activated by selecting the corresponding entry in the tree list. The settings that have been chosen will only become valid after the "OK" or "Apply" buttons have been pressed. Only the settings managed by the active page are then changed. The factory default settings are restored by using "Default" button. Note: You must activate "OK" or "Apply" after "Default" to actually use the default values. Pressing "Cancel" will close the dialog box without updating the the settings.

7.1 Layout

This page contains layout options for the editor window.

Default line size

The number of bytes that are displayed in a horizontal line in the editor. Both the primary and secondary view (if visible) will display this number of bytes. The value is automatically used when a mode is selected from the View menu.

Column size

The number of bytes that are grouped together in the primary view. Normal values are 1, 2 and 4. In "text only" mode, this value is always the same as the line size.

Both Default line size and Column size can use different values for all four view modes. The values are assigned to the mode displayed by the selector above the entries.

Line size is fixed

When this option is disabled, the editor will automatically resize the displayed data so that no horizontal scrollbar is required (except for a very narrow editor). This combined with a maximized window (and possible a small font) enables KHexEdit to display large amounts of data.

Lock column at end of line

When this option is enabled, a column of data will always be displayed as a whole. When disabled (this option will only have effect when the Column size is larger than 1 and Line size is fixed is disabled) a part of the column will be displayed at the end of the line once there is space to display it, while the rest of the column is moved to the next line.

Left separator width

Sets the width of the vertical separator between the offset area and the primary view.

Right separator width

Sets the width of the vertical separator between the primary and secondary view.

Separator margin width

Sets the width between the nearest character and the separator edge.

Edge margin width

Sets the width between the nearest character and the edge of the editor window.

Column separation is equal to one character

When selected each column is separated by the width a single character would have used. If not, the value in Column separation is used.

Column separation

See above.

7.2 Cursor

The cursor setting is only valid for the editor area. It does not control how the cursor behaves or looks like in dialogs etc.

Blinking

If Do not blink is selected, then the cursor will not blink in the editor, otherwise it will blink with the rate assigned in the Blink interval field.

Shape

The Always use block option will when selected, make the cursor always use a rectangular block shape, both in insert and overwrite modes. If the Use thick cursor in insert mode option is selected, then the insert shape cursor will be thicker (and more visible) than what is normally is. The option has no effect if the Always use block option is selected.

Cursor behavior when editor looses focus

Controls how the cursor is displayed when the user moves the mouse to another window.

Stop blinking. Stop blinking but remain visible.

Hide. Make the cursor invisible.

Do nothing. Ignore focus changes.

7.3 Colors

7.4 Font

7.5 Miscellaneous

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