| | 1 | {{{ |
| | 2 | #!html |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | <p>Preferences may be set from within Arboreal via a dialog |
| | 5 | (<b>File/Preferences</b>). Changes go into effect immediately; there |
| | 6 | is no need to restart Arboreal.<sup><a href="#fn1">[1]</a></sup> The |
| | 7 | preferences dialog looks like this:</p> |
| | 8 | }}} |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | [[Image(prefs.gif)]] |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | {{{ |
| | 13 | #!html |
| | 14 | <h3>"General" tab</h3> |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | <p><b>N.B.:</b> Brief explanations of the settings are provided by tooltips that |
| | 17 | appear if you move the mouse over the field labels.</p> |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | <ul> |
| | 20 | <li><b>Font name</b>: the font to use (e.g., <code>Arial Unicode |
| | 21 | MS</code>); <b>size</b>: the default font size (in points), for text |
| | 22 | in both the tree and the content pane (defaults to |
| | 23 | <code>14</code>).<p> |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | <li><b>Script base</b>: the base URL for the dictionary and |
| | 26 | server-based term facilities; use |
| | 27 | <code>http://archimedes.fas.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/</code> to access the |
| | 28 | the Harvard server, or use <code>http://localhost/cgi-bin/</code> if |
| | 29 | you've installed the dictionary facility locally.<p> |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | <li><b>Default catalog</b>: if this is set, Arboreal will load the |
| | 32 | specified catalog file at startup. Catalog files may always be loaded |
| | 33 | manually with <b>File/Load catalog.</b></p> |
| | 34 | |
| | 35 | <li><b>Default language</b>: the language assumed as the default for |
| | 36 | documents where no language is specified explicitly. See further <a |
| | 37 | href="lang.html">language documentation</a>).<p> |
| | 38 | </ul> |
| | 39 | |
| | 40 | <h3>"Colors" tab</h3> |
| | 41 | |
| | 42 | <p>Colors for various types of highlighting can be chosen |
| | 43 | interactively with a color picker.</p> |
| | 44 | |
| | 45 | <hr> |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | <p><font size="-1"><a name="fn1"></a>1. Preferences are stored in the |
| | 48 | <code>properties.xml</code> file in the <code>arboreal</code> |
| | 49 | directory: i.e., the directory called <code>arboreal</code> or |
| | 50 | <code>.arboreal</code> in your home directory. (On single-user Windows |
| | 51 | platforms your "home directory" is normally considered to be |
| | 52 | |
| | 53 | <code>C:\WINDOWS</code>.)</font></p> |
| | 54 | }}} |
