Assembler Editor Options

Show Line Numbers in Left Gutter

Display line numbers in the editors left hand side gutter. If enabled, the gutter width is increased in size to accommodate a five digit line number.

Show Right Gutter

Displays a line to the right of the main editor. You can also set the distance from the left margin (in characters). This feature can be useful for aligning your program comments.

Use Smart Tabs

Normally, pressing the tab key will advance the cursor by a set number of characters. With smart tabs enabled, the cursor will move to a position along the current line which depends on the text on the previous line. Can be useful for aligning code blocks.

Convert Tabs to Spaces

When the tab key is pressed, the editor will normally insert a tab control character, whose size will depend on the value shown in the width edit box (the default is four spaces). If you then press the backspace key, the whole tab is deleted (that is, the cursor will move back four spaces). If convert tabs to spaces is enabled, the tab control character is replaced by the space control character (multiplied by the number shown in the width edit box). Pressing the backspace key will therefore only move the cursor back by one space. Please note that internally, the editor does not use hard tabs, even if convert tabs to spaces is unchecked.

Automatically Indent

When the carriage return key is pressed in the editor window, automatically indent will advance the cursor to a position just below the first word occurrence of the previous line. When this feature is unchecked, the cursor just moves to the beginning of the next line.

Open Last File(s) When Application Starts

When checked, the documents that were open when the Assembler plugin was closed are automatically loaded again when the application is restarted.

Display Full Filename Path in Application Title Bar

By default, the Assembler plugin only displays the document filename in the main application title bar (that is, no path information is included). Check display full pathname if you would like to display additional path information in the main title bar.

Prompt if File Reload Needed

The Assembler plugin automatically checks to see if a file time stamp has changed. If it has (for example, and external program has modified the source code) then a dialog box is displayed asking if the file should be reloaded. If prompt on file reload is unchecked, the file is automatically reloaded without any prompting.

Automatically Jump to First Compilation Error

When this is enabled, the Assembler plugin will automatically jump to the first error line, assuming any errors are generated during compilation.

Clear Undo History After Successful Compile

If checked, a successful compilation will clear the undo history buffer. A history buffer takes up system resources, especially if many documents are open at the same time. It's a good idea to have this feature enabled if you plan to work on many documents at the same time.

Default Source Folder

The Assembler plugin will automatically go to this folder when you invoke the file open or save as dialogs. To disable this feature, uncheck the 'Enabled' option, shown directly below the default source folder.