File Types Page
The settings on the File Types page control how .Edit treats different file types.
The left-hand list shows all the currently-registered file types. Select a type from the list to view or change its settings, or click "New" to create a new type.
File Type Properties
The File Type Properties section allows you to modify the settings for the selected type.
The Name is used in the list on the left, on the "New" menu and in the "New..." dialog box. In the "Open..." dialog box, an "s" is appended (HTML Document becomes HTML Documents).The Extensions determine which files belong to this file type. Files with the specified Extensions will be treated as files of this type.
The Toolbar determines which toolbar definition file is used for this file type. Generally this should be left alone, unless you create your own types. If you create a new file type which should have, for example, the same toolbar as HTML files you can specify it here.
.Edit has a number of built-in Syntax Highlighters. The Highlighter option allows you to pick which one to use. Currently, the choice is as follows:
| Highlighter | Syntax |
|---|---|
| ASP | HTML tags and ASP code-blocks. |
| C | C/C++ source. |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets. |
| HTML | HTML Tags. |
| Java | Sun Microsystems' Java. |
| JavaScript | Netscape's JavaScript, Microsoft JScript, ECMAScript. |
| Pascal | Pascal source. |
| Perl | Perl scripts. |
| PHP | HTML tags and PHP code-blocks. |
| SQL | SQL queries. |
| VB | Visual Basic Source. |
| VBScript | Microsoft's VBScript. |
| XML | XML |
The latest version of .Edit also includes support for plug-in syntax highlighters, which will be made available for free download separately.
The Template setting determines which template file is used when a new file of the selected type is created. As an example, the HTML template contains the basic essential elements of an HTML document.
The Category of the file type determines on which page of the New file dialog this type appears.
Check the Upload to FTP as Executable option if the file can be executed as a script (eg Perl scripts). When this option is checked and a file is uploaded to a Unix FTP server the file receives execute permissions.
If you wish the file type to appear on the "New" menu, check the Display on "New" menu option. If it is not checked, you can still create a new file of that type by selecting "Other File" from the menu or clicking the "New" toolbar icon.
The final setting is the Icon List. Select the icon which you would like your file type to have.
Configure Tools...
Each file type can have "Tools" associated with it. These are external programs which .Edit calls and optionally collects the output from. An example of a tool is the Java compiler (which is configured automatically if it is installed).
Auto Complete...
Auto-completion in .Edit functions in a similar way to how it works in other
applications such as Microsoft Word. You may enter some text to check for, for example
for(. When you type the (, auto complete can fill in the rest:
for(;;)
{
}
In addition to this, you may press Ctrl+J whilst typing to bring up a list of the completion options - so you can enter a particular section of code without requiring some trigger text.
