Text Editor

The Text Editor window shows the contents of a text file and allows modifications of the file. The Text Editor is typically invoked by Edit|Open from the Project Window (unless an external editor has been specified in the Preferences).

Settings

The Tab Size specifies the width (number of characters) which is used to display a TAB character. With Show whitespaces whitespace characters will be displayed. With Show line numbers a line number gutter will be prepended.

Select Make default to have the selected options apply to all File Compare frames.

For basic settings regarding text components, refer to Built-in Text Editors.

File menu

• Use Save to save the file.
• Use Save As to save the file under a new name.
• Use Close to close the frame.

Edit menu

Contains well-known functions to alter the file content resp. to find a certain text within the content.

• Use Customize to customize accelerators (see Customize).

View menu

• Settings, refer to Settings and Built-in Text Editors.

Go To menu

• Use Go to Line to go to the specified Line Number.

Window menu

Refer to Window for more details.