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Cursor beyond EOF: Select to make it possible to position the pointer beyond the end of the
program file. Clear to prevent this. If you clear Insert mode and select Cursor beyond EOF, you
can only overwrite the existing lines of the program; you cannot add lines to it.
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Cursor beyond EOL: Select to make it possible to position the pointer beyond the end of the
line. Clear to prevent this.
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Keep trailing blanks: Select to preserve any blank spaces occurring at the end of a line. Clear
to remove those blank spaces.
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Persistent blocks: Select to have any text you enter immediately after selecting a block of code
appended to that block of code as part of the selection. When you select this option, you can also
use the arrow keys to move within the code without affecting the selected code. You must select
the Enable selection option to use the Persistent blocks option.
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Overwrite blocks: Select to have any text you enter immediately after selecting a block of code
replace that block of code. You must clear Persistent blocks and select Enable selection for this
option to have an effect.
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Enable selection: Select to permit the creation of selections in the Code area. If selected, you
can create a selection by clicking and dragging the pointer over a portion of code, or by double-
clicking to highlight the word or line under the pointer (the Double click line option determines
whether a word or line highlights). You can cut, copy, paste, and print selections. If you also
select Enable dragging, you can drag selections to reposition them in the code.
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Enable dragging: Select to permit dragging and dropping a selection to reposition it in the
program. This option works only if you also select Enable selection.
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Enable search highlight: Select to highlight the search term match found in the code when you
perform a search. Clear to prevent the highlighting. In both cases, the pointer appears after the
last character of the search term match.
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Double click line: Select to highlight the complete line of code when you double-click that line.
Clear to highlight only the word under the pointer.
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Find text at cursor: Use to set the behavior of the Find dialog box. Select to automatically copy
the word under the pointer into the Text to find box when you open the Find dialog box. Clear to
prevent the copy. If no previous search terms appear in the Text to find drop-down list, the Editor
performs the copy regardless of whether this option is selected or cleared.
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Block indent: Enter the number of spaces to jump for each block indent. The default is 2 and the
maximum is 16. The Block indent typically should agree with the tab stops in the Tab stops
option. Perform a block indent by selecting a region of code and pressing CTRL+SHIFT+I (to
indent the code to the right) or CTRL+SHIFT+U (to move the code to the left).
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Tab stops: Use to set the number of spaces to advance when you enter a tab character or to set
a series of tab stops. Enter a single integer to set the number of spaces to advance with each tab.