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At any time afterwards, you can enter the OPTIONS command to display the General Options dialog.
SPFLite options are grouped into three categories, each accessible by a primary command. Review each tab's contents, and when complete, click on the Done button at the bottom.
Organization of Options
User options are stored in the following categories:
General Options
The OPTIONS command will display a tabbed dialog, where preferences for general or global options are maintained. These options are related to the general operation of SPFLite, and not with the editing of any particular file type.
Profile Options
These are options which are linked to a particular file type. Options such as automatic colorization support, tab settings and delimiter characters are controlled with a PROFILE.
The selection of what Profile to use to edit a particular file can be tailored to suit your needs using the Extended File Type (EFT) support. This is an entirely optional feature, you do not NEED to use it, but it simplifies Profile management enormously.
If you choose to NOT use EFT
SPFLite will select a Profile based solely on the file's extension. i.e. a .TXT file will use a TXT Profile, a .CSV file will use a CSV Profile etc. If a file has no extension it will use the common Profile DEFAULT.
If, the 1st time you edit a new file type, you will be prompted to create a new Profile. Several options are presented at this point.
This works fine, but you will probably find you have an ever growing proliferation of Profiles, many of which are probably 99% identical. This sometimes means, when you decide to change a Profile value to better suit your needs, that you may end up having to make the same change repeatedly through your collection of Profiles.
If you use EFT
EFT provides a powerful masking ability to allow you to select files based on their extension, folder location, naming pattern etc. and assign a Profile for the selected group. It allows specification of a Profile along with several minor temporary Profile overrides. e.g. Use the DEFAULT Profile along with a SOURCE EBCDIC override.
Please review Extended File Types for a full description of the EFT capabilities. It is well worth while and we're sure you will find EFT invaluable.
When you wish to see the PROFILE options for a given file you are editing, enter the PROFILE command with no options. This will display several special lines in your edit session, like =PROF>. Individual Profile options can be displayed by simply entering the option name followed by a ? operand. e.g. RECFM ? You can alter profile options using keyword commands such as CAPS and AUTOSAVE. If you want to edit a profile other than the one for your current edit file, you can use the PROFILE EDIT name command.
Keyboard and Mouse Mapping
Keyboard mapping definitions are accessed with the KEYMAP command, which will display a KEYMAP dialog.This allows you to customize the keyboard operation by defining the SPFLite functions and keyboard macros that are assigned to the keys you desire.
SET Options
It is also possible to control some optional SPFLite operating features using SET commands. The SET names involved are:
SET ALIAS.shortname = longname
SET AUTOFAV.filepath = named_favorites_name
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