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# 4.4. Miscellaneous

This category deals with three different properties detailed below.

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. The dropdown box at the top of the dialog provides the following three word wrap choices:

  Disable Wrapping

    Choosing this will keep the editor from doing any wrapping. The user will have to start new lines manually (with the Enter key.)

  Let editor width decide

    This choice has the editor automatically adjust the line lengths to fit its current width. In other words, the wider the user makes the editor the longer the lines will be; and the narrower the editor, the shorter the lines will be.

  At specified column

    Choosing this activates a text box immediately below, labeled Wrap Column:. Here the user may specify the maximum number of characters in a line of text.

    | Each character including spaces fills one column.

Make backup when saving a file

  This checkbox tells the editor to rename the last saved version of the current document before carrying out a save command. The editor does this by adding a tilde (~) at the end of the name of the original file. In this way the user has a chance to recover a document if she or he had mistakenly saved something over it.

Mail Command:

  This textbox is used to enter a command whereby the File->Mail command can be used to email the current document. The editor is setup by default to use the command line 'mail' program. The user will need to consult the documentation of whatever email program he or she prefers to see if and how it would be possible to call that program in a similar manner.

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