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This dialog
provides a number of options that affect the operation of PyScripter. These
options are explained below.
Code Completion
Auto-Completion
font
Allows you
to customize the size and type of font used in auto-completion.
Case Sensitive
This option
determines whether the filtering of the code completion list when you type characters
is case sensitive (default True).
Code completion
list size
The size of
the code completion window in number or lines.
Complete
as you type
Code completion
is invoked automatically as you type.
Complete
Python keywords
Python keywords
appear in the completion list when appropriate.
Complete
with word-break characters
When the completion
list is displayed completion with the currently selected entry occurs when word-break
characters are typed (e.g. space, brackets etc.). This is in addition
to completing with the Tab and Enter keys.
Auto-complete
with one entry
If true, when
the completion list contains one entry complete automatically without showing
the list.
Editor
code completion
Enable/Disable
code completion in the editor.
Interpreter
code completion
Enable/Disable
code completion in the interpreter.
Special packages
The code and
parameter completion should be one of the best you can find in any Python IDE.
However,if you find that code and parameter completion is not very accurate
for certain modules and packages such as wxPython and scipy you can achieve
near perfect completion if you add these packages to this option (comma separated
list). By default it is set to "os, wx, scipy". Special packages are
imported on demand to the interpreter instead of scanning their source code.
Code Explorer
Initially
expanded
If checked
the Code Explorer stats with its nodes initially expanded.
Editor
Options
Auto-complete
brackets
If checked,
when you edit Python scripts and you type an open bracket ("(", "[", "{")
the corresponding closing bracket is entered automatically. When editing
HTML and XML files the opening bracket is "<". It also auto-completes
strings.
Auto-reload
changed files
If checked,
files changed on disk will be reloaded without prompting if the files have not
been changed inside PyScirpter. A message is shown in the status bar and
a beep sound can be heard when this happens.
Check syntax
as you type
If checked,
when you edit Python files Pyscripter continuously check the active file for
syntax error, which are shown in a similar way in which word processors show
spelling errors. If you place the cursor on an error indicator you will
see a hint explaining the problem.
Create
backup files
If checked
PyScripter will create backup files before overwriting existing files.
Default
line breaks for new files
Controls the
line break format for new files. Options: sffDos, sffUnix, sffMac, sffUnicode.
The last option although available is not currently supported.
Display
packages names
Display package
names instead of file names for package files (__init__.py) in editor tabs.
Default
file encoding for new files
Controls the
encoding for new files. Options: sf_Ansi, sf_UTF8, sf_UTF8_NoBOM.
See the topic on
Encoded
Source Files
for further information.
Detect
UTF-8 encoding when opening files
This option
controls whether PyScripter attempts to detect utf-8 encoding when opening files
without the BOM mark. This detection is done by analyzing the first 4000
characters of the file and is imperfect. It only applies to non-Python
files since utf-8 encoded Python files are required to have either the BOM mark
or an encoding comment.
File line
limit for syntax check as you type
Files with
more lines than specified will not be syntax checked as you type. (default 1000
lines)
Highlight
selected word
If checked,
when you select a word by double-clicking or by issuing the editor command "Select
Word", all occurrences of the selected word in the editor are highlighted.
Restore
open files
If checked
PyScripter will restore the files which were open when the last editing session
ended when it starts up.
Search
text at caret
If checked,
when the search function is invoked the search expression is set to the word
containing the editor caret.
Show code
hints
If unchecked
code hints are not shown.
Show debugger
hints
If unchecked
debugger hints are not shown.
Show executable
line marks
If checked
the editor will show in the gutter special marks for executable lines.
Trim trailing spaces when saving files
If checked
the editor will trim spaces at the end of the lines when saving files.
This works independently of the corresponding editor option which trims
trailing spaces while editing.
Undo after
save
If checked,
you can undo editing actions beyond the point at which you saved the file. Otherwise
undo can only take you back to point at which you last saved the file.
File Explorer
File Explorer
background processing
If checked (default) the File Explorer processes
folder expand makrs and file impages in threads. Uncheck if you encounter errors related to File Explorer.
File Filters
File Explorer
Filter
The file extensions
separated by semi-colon that the File Explorer recognizes as Python files. Used
when the filter function is applied.
e.g. *.py;*.pyw
Open Dialog
Python Filter
The Python
file filter for the File Open dialog. Multiple filters should be separated
by vertical bars ("|").
e.g.
Python Files (*.py;*.pyw)|*.py;*.pyw
Open Dialog
CSS Filter
The CSS file
filter for the File Open dialog.
Open Dialog
CPP Filter
The C/C++
file filter for the File Open dialog.
Open Dialog
HTML Filter
The HTML file
filter for the File Open dialog.
Open Dialog
JavaScript Filter
The JavaScript
file filter for the File Open dialog.
Open Dialog
PHP Filter
The PHP file
filter for the File Open dialog.
Open Dialog
XML Filter
The XML file
filter for the File Open dialog.
Open Dialog
YAML Filter
The YAML file
filter for the File Open dialog.
IDE
Check for
updates automatically
If checked
you will be notified when new version of the PyScripter become available for
download.
Days between
update checks
You can define
how often you want to check for PyScripter updates.
Dock animation
interval
This and the
following option, control the animation when you show a hidden docked form.
The Dock animation interval controls the interval in milliseconds, between successive
redraws of the shown window. It needs to be greater than or equal to 1.
Dock animation
move width
The Dock animation
move width controls the width in pixels, by which the animated form is moved.
To disable the animation set this parameter to a large value, e.g. 1000.
File Change
Notification
Controls whether
the user is notified about changes in the edited files (possible values: fcnFull,
fcnNoMappedDrives, fcnDisabled). Default: fcnNoMappedDrives.
Editor
tab position
Controls whether
the editor tabs should appear at the top or at the bottom (possible values:
toBottom, toTop).
File template
for new Python scripts
The "New
Python Module" command checks the value of this option and, if it is not
empty and is the name of an existing
File Template,
it uses the template for the new module. By default points to the provided File
Template for Python scripts.
Mask FPU
exceptions
Floating point
operations that result in special numbers such as Nan, + or - Infinity etc,
normally raise exceptions. However some packages such as Scipy would raise
such exceptions when they get imported into Python and they wouldn't be usable.
Keep this option checked if you want to use such packages with PyScripter.
Show tab
close button
Shows/hides
the close buttons on the editor tabs.
Smart Next/Previous
Page
(Shift+)Ctrl+Tab
can be used to move to the (previous) next page. If this option is checked
these keys move through the pages according to the Z-order of the pages (as
the Alt+Tab does in Windows). Otherwise they move according to the visual
order of the pages.
Style
Main Window Border
If true
the main application window border is styled to match the selected style.
If false it has the standard windows border.
Use Python
colors in IDE
If checked
the colors of the python highlighter (Background color from the space attribute
and foreground color of the identifier attribute) are used in the IDE windows.
When a dark highlighter is used this option helps achieve a uniform "dark"
look. (default false)
Project Explorer
Initially
expanded
If checked
the Project Explorer stats with its nodes initially expanded.
Always
use sockets
Pyscripter
can use sockets or Windows named pipes for communicating with server.
Named pipes can only be used in
pywin32 is installed in
the active python version. The main advantage of named pipes is that
it avoids firewall issues related to socket connections. If this
option is checked sockets are used in preference to named pipes. (default
true)
Clear output
before run
If checked
the interpreter output is cleared before running scripts. (default false)
Interpreter
history size
Specifies
the size of the interpreter command line history (default 50)
Jump to
error on Exception
If set, when
an exception occurs the file in which the exception occurred opens and the error
position is displayed. (default true)
Post mortem
on exception
If this option
is checked when an unhandled exception occurs while running or debugging a script,
PyScripter enters the post-mortem analysis mode.
Pretty
print output
If checked
the standard python module pprint is used to format interpreter output.
Python
Engine Type
Controls which
engine type is used. Possible values (peInternal, peRemote) See
(Remote
Python Engines
for details).
Reinitialize
before run
If set and
a remote Python engine is used, it is re-initialized before running or debugging
a script. This is necessary when using GUI applications (Tkinter, wxPython,
etc.). It is set by default.
Save environment
before run
It saves environment
options including open files. layout etc. before running scripts so that you
can recover if the IDE crashes.
Save files
before run
If checked
all open files are saved before running scripts
Save interpreter
history
If checked
the interpreter history is saved at program exit and restored when PyScripter
is started again.
Step into open files only
If checked
the debugger will not step into files that are not currently open. Defaults
to false.
Timeout
for running scripts
Time in ms
for running scripts timeout. If different than zero, when the elapsed
time since the start of running a Python script exceeds the timeout value, you
are given the opportunity to interrupt the script. Due to
Python limitations this does not work when the script loops indefinitely inside
a function.
UTF-8 in
Interactive Interpreter
If checked
the input to the interactive interpreter is converted to UTF-8 before is fed
to python. The comments related
UTF-8 encoded
source files
apply to the interactive interpreter as well.
Shell Integration
File Explorer
Context Menu
If checked,
it adds a menu item "Edit with Pyscripter" to the Windows File Explorer
context menu for Python files. If unchecked this option removes such context
menu if it is present.
SSH
Disable
Variables Window with SSH
The
updating of the Variables window requires
data transers between PyScripter and remote Python Engines. With slow
SSH connections this could slow down PyScipter. If checked,
the Variables Window is desabled while using an SSH engine.
Scp
command
This option allows you to specify a path to an scp command. This could
be useful if you have multiple versions of scp installed and want to specify
which one to use. The defalut value 'scp' assumes scp can be found on
the system path. You can overwrite this value in the SSH server
configuration.
Scp
options
This option allows you to specify
options to used with the scp command. You can overwrite this value in the
SSH server configuration.
SSH
command
This option allows you to specify a path to an ssh command. This could
be useful if you have multiple versions of ssh installed and want to specify
which one to use. The defalut value 'ssh' assumes ssh can be found on
the system path. You can overwrite this value in the SSH server
configuration.
SSH
options
This option allows you to specify
options to used with the ssh command. You can overwrite this value in the
SSH server configuration.