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The various options available in this dialogue are described in their individual sections. This panel is still a work in progress, so it should improve with time. If you are looking for a setting and you can't find the info about it, try this help file's index or search.
These are the tabs in the Options Panel • Settings for some of the commands • Settings for the Menus • Settings for the Toolbars • Snippets (it's empty right now) • Settings for WebEdit functions • Settings for Tools • Settings for Hotkeys - right now it just displays a list of configured hotkeys • Settings for TextWorx directories and other settings (mostly described below) you shouldn't change unless you understand what you are doing.
Configuring Options via INI file
You can modify any of the options in the Textworx.ini file. If you make manual changes to the INI file for any reason, you must restart TextWorx for changes to take effect (you can do this from the Tray Menu or the Tools Menu).
You can modify the INI file by editing the TextWorx.ini file (you can use the command in the or ). Locate the [Menus] section; it looks like this by default: After you are finished editing the INI file, you can restart TextWorx from the or with .
The text before the = is called the INI Key. The text after the = is called the INI Value. The name in [brackets] is called the INI Section. Lines that start with a semicolon ; are comments and TextWorx ignores them, but you can use them to make notes.
This is how long the clipboard waits to know it has something on the clipboard. TextWorx uses the clipboard for transferring text data. If you find that TextWorx keeps "missing" then you might adjust this setting, and it may depend on your system and what other software is running. The lower the number, the better and faster. The default is 1. The INI key is clipspeed in the [Preferences] section.
This is how long TextWorx waits for a window to become active. If you find that TextWorx keeps "missing" then you might adjust this setting, and it may depend on your system and what other software is running. The lower the number, the better and faster. The default is 1. The INI key is windelay in the [Preferences] section.
There are different ways of sending text back to it's original window. If you are having trouble, you can play with this setting, but don't do this unless you are really having trouble. The default is 4. The INI key is sendmode in the [Preferences] section. 1 = Input then Play 2 = Input 3 = Play 4 = Event
Whether or not to display the * and = in the menu. •R indicates the command is reversible (whilst holding shift key) •L indicates that it can work on lines (whilst holding control key) •All commands work on the entire text selection without any modifier keys. •Modifier keys can be used in conjunction. •1=enabled; 0=disabled. The INI key is showmenumodes in the [Preferences] section.
Whether or not to display the Reload TextWorx command in the Tray Menu and in the Toolbar's context menu. Default is to leave it enabled. 1=enabled; 0=disabled. The INI key is showreload in the [Preferences] section.
Whether or not to display the Configure INI command in the Tray Menu and in the Toolbar's context menu. Default is to leave it enabled. 1=enabled; 0=disabled. The INI key is showconfigure in the [Preferences] section. Note: You have to restart TextWorx to have the effect.K
These are folders that contain other configuration files that TextWorx uses or where it saves files. You can change these locations. •sardir Location for the Search and Replace configuration files. •scribdir Location for the Adscribere configuration files. •savedir Location for automatic save files.
For the Insert function, Command ID 604, you can change the number of digits it uses. Default is 5. The INI key is randomdigits in the [Preferences] section.
For function, Command ID 853, it will save text to a file automatically, creating files named like this: TextWorxSavedFile_2019-01-12-122944.txt This setting is a token that it inserts before it adds the date. Default is: TextWorxSavedFile_ The INI key is savedfilename in the [Preferences] section.
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