Editor

General Editor Settings

Auto Indent

Indent the insertion point to the column position of the first character on the previous line.

Virtual Spaces

Avoids that the cursor changes the column position if you move it up or down.

View White Space Characters

Display a dot for every white space character.

Highlight matching and mismatched braces

When the curser over a brace the matching brace is highlighted.

Show Line Numbers

Show the line number in front of each edit line.

Look & Feel

Workbook Mode

Activate the workbook frame for quick window navigation with tabs.

.NET Style

Activate .NET style for the menu bars and other menus.

Function Display

Display Modules

When enabled the Function tab groups function names to source modules. When disable all function names are alphabetical listed.

Scan function names in project files

The project files will be scanned for function names. You can view it in the Function tab in the Project Workspace menu. 

Scan function names in current editor files

The current open editor files will be scanned for function names. You can view it in the Function tab in the Project Workspace menu.

File Handling

Create Backup files (*.BAK)

Create a backup when you save a file. It is located in the same directory and has the same base filename with the file extension .BAK.

Automatic reload of externally modified files

Specifies reload of files that are modified by external tools.

Printing

Print with Syntax Coloring

Use the colors as shown in the editor window for printing. Disable this option if you are using a black & white printer.

C/C++ / ASM / Other Files

Use syntax coloring

Enable coloring of language elements as defined in the Editor Colors dialog box. If this check box is selected, µVision supplies different colors to the elements of the C language. If this check box is not selected, color syntax highlighting is disabled.

Insert spaces for tabs

Insert spaces instead of tabs.

Tab size

Specify the length of a tab in spaces.