Preferences Dialog

From the Preferences dialog, you can define preference settings for the Compose workspace, keyboard shortcuts, and user interface tools.

From the File menu, click Preferences to display the dialog.

Define a Preference Setting

  1. From the File menu, click Preferences to display the dialog.
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  2. Under the Category column, select the feature that you want to change the settings for.
    Upon selection, the Preference and Value options for the category are displayed on the right side of the dialog.
  3. The following selection methods can be used to define a preference:
    • To enable a preference setting, activate the check box:


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    • Click on a value to display a drop-down menu:


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    • Click on a value to make a field editable and enter a new value:


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    • Click on a value to display a dialog that contains additional options:


    • Click on a color box to display the color palette:


  4. From PYTHON > Execution, select Interactive Execution to interrupt the Python execution.
  5. From PYTHON > Debugger, select Step into installed modules in Python scripts to debug Python files in Python modules that are in the Compose installation or installed with --user option.

Keyboard Shortcuts

From the Preferences dialog, select Keyboard Shortcuts to view the default, editable shortcuts available in Compose.

The default keyboard shortcuts can be edited. Compose also supports the following keyboard shortcuts that cannot be changed:
Cycle through recent files
Ctrl+Tab
Indent block
Tab
Remove indent from block
Shift+Tab
Delete to start of word
Ctrl+Backspace
Delete to end of word
Ctrl+Delete
Delete to start of line
Ctrl+Shift+Backspace
Delete to end of line
Ctrl+Shift+Delete
Go to start of document
Ctrl+Home
Extend selection to start of document
Ctrl+Shift+Home
Go to start of display line
Alt+Home
Go to end of document
Ctrl+End
Extend selection to end of document
Ctrl+Shift+End
Go to end of display line
Alt+End
Clear command window
Ctrl+L
Line copy
Ctrl+Shift+T
Line delete
Ctrl+Shift+L
Line transpose with previous
Ctrl+T
Selection duplicate
Ctrl+D
Previous word (Shift extends selection)
Ctrl+Left
Next word (Shift extends selection)
Ctrl+Right
Rectangular block selection
Alt+Shift+Movement