11.7 Setting Editor preferences

You can configure many aspects of the Editor tool:

• how items are listed in buffers and definitions views
• key input
• font
• the text styles used to highlight selected text, color code syntax, and so on
• the default encodings used for reading and writing files

To configure the Editor tool choose Window > Window Preferences... within an Editor to display the Editor Preferences dialog.

Figure 11.8 Editor Preferences dialog

First specify your change in the Editor Preferences dialog. To make the change without dismissing the dialog, choose Apply . This is useful when experimenting with your configuration. To make the change and dismiss the dialog, choose OK .

Your change is preserved for your next LispWorks session.

11.7.1 Sorting items in lists

11.7.2 Displaying package information

11.7.3 Configuring editor key input

11.7.4 Setting the editor font

11.7.5 Setting the text style attributes

11.7.6 Setting the default encodings