Sharing Source Editor Settings

Source Editor settings that you have customized are stored in XML files in your user directory. This makes it easy to share your settings with another user or another installation of the IDE.

The settings stored in XML files include macros, abbreviations, fonts and colors, and key bindings. In addition, a general properties file exists for other properties not covered by the categories listed above.

To share your customized Source Editor settings:

  1. Move to your IDE user directory.

    To find your user directory choose Help and choose About and click the Detail tab in the About dialog box. User Dir is listed last in the dialog box.

  2. From your IDE user directory, move to system/Editors/text/<mime type>. Substitute <mime type> with the type of editor settings you want. For example, the Java editor settings are found in the x-java directory.
  3. Find the settings file you are interested in. The name of the file reflects the type of settings it contains.
  4. Copy the desired settings file to the new location.
Tip XML settings files exist only for settings that you have customized. They do not exist if you are using the default settings. If you delete an XML settings file, the default settings are restored.
See also
Using Macros and Abbreviations
Setting Fonts and Colors
Setting Keyboard Shorcuts for the Source Editor
Source Editor Properties

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