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@AUTHOR Martin Reddy, 1996.
@(C) Copyright Martin Reddy 1993-7.
@REMARK Information on configuring the EdWord system
@REMARK Last Updated: 14/2/97 for Version 6.0

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@NODE Main "EdWordHelp V6.0 - Configuring EdWord"

THE EdWord.config CONFIGURATION FILE
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By using the @{"Save Prefs" link Menu8.guide/PrefsSave} or @{"Save Prefs As" link Menu8.guide/PrefsSaveAs} menu functions you can save 
all of the current preference options which you have setup within the
editor. These are saved to a file called "EdWord.config". 

Whenever you run EdWord, it will attempt to locate an "EdWord.config" file
and use its preference settings. If such a file is not found, then the
default settings will be enforced. There are three possible places where
EdWord will look for an "EdWord.config" file when it first starts up:

  1. In the current directory (the one where EdWord was run from)

  2. In the ENV:EdWord/ directory

  3. In the directory specified by the @{"-C" link Opts.guide/OptionC} command line option
     (if supplied)

N.B. You can use the @{"-NOC" link Opts.guide/OptionNOC} command line option to prevent EdWord from
loading ANY configuration file at all and force it to use its defaults.


OTHER CONFIG FILES
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You can store your "EdWord.config" file in the ENV:EdWord/ directory. You
can also store a couple of other files in this directory which EdWord 
will use at various times. These are:

1. ENV:EdWord/EdWordIcon.info = Your prefered icon for saving with files.
   This file will be used by EdWord as an icon for any projects which
   are saved by it (assuming that you put the @{"Save Icon" link Menu8.guide/PrefsEditor} setting on in
   the Editor preferences).

2. ENV:EdWord/EdWordAppIcon.info = Your prefered icon for iconifying 
   EdWord. Whenever you @{"Iconify" link Menu6.guide/Iconify} EdWord, it creates an
   icon on the Workbench screen. This file can be used to provide an
   alternative icon image to the default internal one.

SEE ALSO: @{"Config File Format" link Menu8.guide/PrefsFormat}

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