Editor Options - General

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Editor Options

Auto Indent - Automatically indents a new line according to the current line's syntax
Insert Mode - Text will insert at the current cursor position (not overwrite)
Use Tab Character - Inserts tab character, otherwise inserts spaces
Smart Tabs - When [Enter] is pressed, indents the new line with the same combination of tabs and spaces as the previous line, otherwise indents the new line with the most economical combination of tabs and spaces, depending on the setting of Use Tab Character
Keep Trailing Spaces
Backspace Unindents - If a tab stands before the current cursor position, the backspace key will remove it
Group Undo - When undoing/redoing actions, handles all successive changes of the same kind in one operation, otherwise handles one operation at a time
Insert Dropped Files
Show hidden line characters - Displays hidden characters in the editor
Ensure that file ends with a newline
Highlight current line - Highlights the line at the current cursor position
Enhanced Home Key
Cursor Past EOF - Allows you to place the cursor past the end-of-file character
Cursor Past EOL - Allows you to place the cursor past the end-of-line character
Double Click Line
Find Text at Cursor - If checked, the "Find" dialog will use the text at the current cursor position as the search term.
Scrollbars as needed - If checked, scrollbars will only be displayed if there is text beyond what's visible in the window.
Half Page Scroll
Scroll hint
Show editor hints

Insert Caret - If text mode is set to insert, then use this caret graphic to mark the current position.
Overwrite Caret - If text mode is not set to insert (i.e. typing will overwrite text), then use this caret graphic to mark the current position.
Highlight matching braces/parenthesis - Highlight the matching braces in a block of code

Visible - If checked, a vertical line is displayed to denote the right margin in the editor
Width - Sets the line width marker
Color - Color of the right margin marker