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diff --git a/doc/manual/09_Preferences.md b/doc/manual/09_Preferences.md deleted file mode 100644 index abceaa97..00000000 --- a/doc/manual/09_Preferences.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,143 +0,0 @@ -# Preferences - -At this point it is assumed you are at least familiar with the basics of -[Lua][]. You do not have to know a lot of the language to configure Textadept. - -[Lua]: http://www.lua.org - -## User Init - -Textadept loads modules from your `~/.textadept/init.lua` on startup. If this -file does not exist, Textadept creates it with a list of default modules to -load. You can then use the file to indicate what else you want Textadept to -load. For example if you created a generic module called `foo` that you wanted -to load alongside the default modules, your `~/.textadept/init.lua` would -contain - - require 'textadept' - _M.foo = require 'foo' - -Please note that the `textadept` module populates the `_M.textadept` table -itself because of internal dependencies. Normally, modules do not do this, hence -why `_M.foo = require 'foo'` is used. - -If instead you wanted to load all of Textadept's default modules except for the -menu, copy the `textadept` module's `init.lua` (located in the -`modules/textadept/` directory) to `~/.textadept/modules/textadept/` and change - - M.menu = require 'textadept.menu' - -to - - --M.menu = require 'textadept.menu' - -Of course if you prefer, you can put the relevant code directly in -`~/.textadept/init.lua` instead. - -It is important to realize that Textadept will not load anything you do not tell -it to. If your `~/.textadept/init.lua` exists and is empty, no modules are -loaded (pretty much rendering Textadept useless). - -### Module Settings - -Many of Textadept's modules have settings you can change from your -`~/.textadept/init.lua`. These settings are viewed from module's -[LuaDoc][]. For example, to disable character autopairing and -whitespace stripping on save, your `~/.textadept/init.lua` might look like: - - require 'textadept' - - _M.textadept.editing.AUTOPAIR = false - _M.textadept.editing.STRIP_WHITESPACE_ON_SAVE = false - -[LuaDoc]: ../api/index.html - -### Other - -Your `~/.textadept/init.lua` is not restricted to just loading modules or -setting preferences. It is just Lua code that is run when Textadept loads. For -more information, see the [scripting][] page. - -[scripting]: 11_Scripting.html - -#### Snippets - -You can add global snippets to `snippets` such as: - - snippets['file'] = '%<buffer.filename>' - snippets['path'] = "%<(buffer.filename or ''):match('^.+[/\\]')>" - -So typing `file` or `path` and then pressing `Tab` (`⇥` on Mac OSX) will insert -the snippet. - -#### Key Commands - -It is not recommended to edit Textadept's `modules/textadept/keys.lua` for -changing the key bindings since your changes could be overwritten when updating -Textadept. Instead, modify `keys` from within your `~/.textadept/init.lua` or -from a file loaded by `~/.textadept/init.lua`. For example maybe you want -`Ctrl+Shift+C` to create a new buffer instead of `Ctrl+N`: - - keys.cC = new_buffer - keys.cn = nil - -## Locale - -Most messages displayed by Textadept are localized. `core/locale.conf` contains -these messages. By default, Textadept is localized in English. To use a -different language, put a translated version of `core/locale.conf` in your -`~/.textadept/` folder. Translations are located in `core/locales/`. - -Feel free to translate Textadept and send your modified `locale.conf` files -to me. I will include them in future releases. - -## Mime Types - -Textadept recognizes a wide range of programming language files by any of the -following: - -* File extension. -* Keywords in the file's shebang (`#!/path/to/exe`) line. -* A pattern that matches the text of the file's first line. - -Built-in mime-types are located in `modules/textadept/mime_types.conf`. You -can override or add to them in your `~/.textadept/mime_types.conf`: - - % Recognize .luadoc files as Lua code. - luadoc lua - - % Change .html files to be recognized as XML files instead of HTML ones. - html xml - -It is not recommended to edit Textadept's `modules/textadept/mime_types.conf` -because your changes may be overwritten when updating Textadept. - -### Detect by File Extension - - file_ext lexer - -Note: `file_ext` should not start with a `.` (period). - -### Detect by Shebang Keywords - - #shebang_word lexer - -Examples of `shebang_word`'s are `lua`, `ruby`, `python`. - -### Detect by Pattern - - /pattern lexer - -Only the last space, the one separating the pattern from the lexer, is -significant. No spaces in the pattern need to be escaped. - -## More Language Preferences - -Textadept does not come with language-specific modules for all languages so you -can add run commands, compile commands, and block quotes manually: - -* [Run/Compile commands][] -* [Block Quotes][] - -[Run/Compile commands]: http://caladbolg.net/textadeptwiki/index.php?n=Main.RunSupplemental -[Block Quotes]: http://caladbolg.net/textadeptwiki/index.php?n=Main.CommentSupplemental |