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<section id="preferences">
<title>Preferences</title>
<para>
</para>
<section id="preferences_attributes">
<title>Attributes preferences</title>
<para>
In the Attributes preferences page you can configure general settings
for attributes.
</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
In the
<emphasis role="strong">Attribute Colors and Fonts</emphasis>
group you can define the style how attributes
and values are displayed within the Entry editor and the Search Result
editor.
</para>
<para>
By default non-text attributes are displayed in a user-friendly way
within the Entry editor and the Search Result editor. For example if
an attribute contains a timestamp it is displayed in your local
date format. When checking the option
<emphasis role="strong">Show raw values</emphasis>
the values are displayed as returned from directory.
</para>
</section>
<section id="preferences_value_editors">
<title>Value Editors preferences</title>
<para>
In the Value Editors preferences page you can configure which
value editor to use for an attribute.
</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
You can specify value editors by attribute type or by syntax.
If a value editor is specified by syntax the value editor is used
for all attriutes with this syntax. A value editor specified for an
attributes overwrites the syntax-setting.
</para>
</section>
<section id="preferences_browser_view">
<title>Browser preferences</title>
<para>
In the Browser preferences page you can configure the layout and
behaviour of the
<link linkend="tools_browser_view">LDAP Browser view</link>
and the Select DN dialog.
</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Entry label
</entry>
<entry>
Choose one of
<emphasis role="strong">DN</emphasis>,
<emphasis role="strong">RDN</emphasis> or
<emphasis role="strong">RDN value</emphasis>
to be used as
label for entries in the DIT category.
If the checkbox is checked long labels with more
than the specified number of characters are
abbreviated.
</entry>
<entry>RDN with limit of 50 characters</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Search Result label
</entry>
<entry>
Choose one of
<emphasis role="strong">DN</emphasis>,
<emphasis role="strong">RDN</emphasis> or
<emphasis role="strong">RDN value</emphasis>
to be used as
label for search results in the DIT category.
If the checkbox is checked long labels with more
than the specified number of characters are
abbreviated.
</entry>
<entry>DN with limit of 50 characters</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Folding
</entry>
<entry>
If checked large subtrees and search results are
folded into virtual folders each with the given
number of entries.
</entry>
<entry>enabled with folding size 100</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Expand base entries when opening connection
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the base entries are expanded when
opening the connection.
</entry>
<entry>off</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Check for children
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the LDAP Browser tries to find out if
the fetched entries have children. Therefore the
operational attributes hasSubordinates, numSubordinates
and subordinateCount are requested from server.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Show alias and referral objects
</entry>
<entry>
If checked aliases and referrals and their target
entry are explicitly displayed.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</section>
<section id="preferences_entry_editor">
<title>Entry editor preferences</title>
<para>
In the Entry editor preferences page you can configure the behaviour of the
<link linkend="tools_entry_editor">Entry editor</link>.
</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Show objectClass attribute
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the objectClass attribute is
displayed.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Show must attribute
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the required attributes are
displayed.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Show may attribute
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the optional attributes are
displayed.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Show operational attribute
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the operational attributes are
displayed.
</entry>
<entry>off</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Enable folding
</entry>
<entry>
If checked attributes with many values are
folded.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Folding threshold
</entry>
<entry>
The threshold when folding should be activated.
</entry>
<entry>10</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</section>
<section id="preferences_search_result_editor">
<title>Search Result editor preferences</title>
<para>
In the Search Result editor preferences page you configure the behaviour of the
<link linkend="tools_entry_editor">Search Result editor</link>.
</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Show DN as first column
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the distinguished name of each
search result entry is displayed as first line.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</section>
<section id="preferences_text_formats">
<title>Text Formats preferences</title>
<para>
In the Text Formats preferences page you configure the text formats
of LDIF, CSV and Excel files.
</para>
<simplesect id="preferences_text_formats_ldif">
<title>LDIF</title>
<para>In the LDIF tab you can configure the LDIF format.</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Line Separator
</entry>
<entry>
Select the line spearator to use for LDIF files.
Possible values are
<emphasis role="strong">Windows</emphasis>,
<emphasis role="strong">Mac OS</emphasis> or
<emphasis role="strong">Unix</emphasis>
</entry>
<entry>The platform specific line separator</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Line length
</entry>
<entry>
The line length in LDIF files.
</entry>
<entry>76</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Space after colon
</entry>
<entry>
If checked a space in inserted between the colon and
the value.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="preferences_text_formats_table">
<title>CSV Copy</title>
<para>In the CSV Copy tab you can configure the format used when
copying CSV to clipboard (Copy Entry as CSV, Copy Table).</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Attribute Delimiter
</entry>
<entry>
The character used to separate attributes.
Select default or one from the drop-down box
or enter a custom character.
</entry>
<entry>Tabulator (ASCII 9)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Value Delimiter
</entry>
<entry>
The character used to separate values of
multi-valued attributes.
Select default or one from the drop-down box
or enter a custom character.
</entry>
<entry>Pipe (|)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Quote Character
</entry>
<entry>
Each attribute is enclosed by this quote character.
Select default or one from the drop-down box
or enter a custom character.
</entry>
<entry>Double Quote (")</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Line Separator
</entry>
<entry>
Select the line spearator to use.
Possible values are
<emphasis role="strong">Windows</emphasis>,
<emphasis role="strong">Mac OS</emphasis> or
<emphasis role="strong">Unix</emphasis>
</entry>
<entry>The platform specific line separator</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Binary Encoding
</entry>
<entry>
When copying binary values they must be encoded. Choose
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>Ignore: if binary values should not be copied.</listitem>
<listitem>BASE-64: to copy the binary values BASE-64 encoded.</listitem>
<listitem>HEX: to copy the HEX representation of each byte.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</entry>
<entry>Ignore</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="preferences_text_formats_csv">
<title>CSV Export</title>
<para>In the CSV Export tab you can configure the format used when
exporting to CSV.</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Attribute Delimiter
</entry>
<entry>
The character used to separate attributes.
Select default or one from the drop-down box
or enter a custom character.
</entry>
<entry>Comma (,)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Value Delimiter
</entry>
<entry>
The character used to separate values of
multi-valued attributes.
Select default or one from the drop-down box
or enter a custom character.
</entry>
<entry>Pipe (|)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Quote Character
</entry>
<entry>
Each attribute is enclosed by this quote character.
Select default or one from the drop-down box
or enter a custom character.
</entry>
<entry>Double Quote (")</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Line Separator
</entry>
<entry>
Select the line spearator to use.
Possible values are
<emphasis role="strong">Windows</emphasis>,
<emphasis role="strong">Mac OS</emphasis> or
<emphasis role="strong">Unix</emphasis>
</entry>
<entry>The platform specific line separator</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Binary Encoding
</entry>
<entry>
When exporting binary values they must be encoded. Choose
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>Ignore: if binary values should not be exported.</listitem>
<listitem>BASE-64: to export the binary values BASE-64 encoded.</listitem>
<listitem>HEX: to export the HEX representation of each byte.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</entry>
<entry>Ignore</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
File Encoding
</entry>
<entry>
The file encoding used to when exporting to CSV.
Select default or one from the drop-down box.
</entry>
<entry>The platform specific file encoding</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="preferences_text_formats_excel">
<title>Excel Export</title>
<para>In the Excel Export tab you can configure the format used when
exporting to Excel.</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Value Delimiter
</entry>
<entry>
The character used to separate values of
multi-valued attributes.
Select default or one from the drop-down box
or enter a custom character.
</entry>
<entry>Pipe (|)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Binary Encoding
</entry>
<entry>
When exporting binary values they must be encoded. Choose
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>Ignore: if binary values should not be exported.</listitem>
<listitem>BASE-64: to export the binary values BASE-64 encoded.</listitem>
<listitem>HEX: to export the HEX representation of each byte.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</entry>
<entry>Ignore</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</simplesect>
</section>
<section id="preferences_ldif_editor">
<title>LDIF Editor preferences</title>
<para>
On the LDIF Editor preference pages you can configure the LDIF editor.
</para>
<simplesect id="preferences_ldif_editor_main">
<title>LDIF Editor</title>
<para>On the LDIF Editor main preference page you can configure
common settings.</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Text Editors
</entry>
<entry>
Opens the general text editor preferences.
</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Text Formats
</entry>
<entry>
Opens the LDIF text format preferences.
</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Enable Folding
</entry>
<entry>
Enables folding for multi-lined comments,
mulit-lined values and records.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Initially fold: Comments
</entry>
<entry>
Folds multi-lined comments when opening
the LDIF editor.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Initially fold: Records
</entry>
<entry>
Folds records when opening the LDIF editor.
</entry>
<entry>off</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Initially fold: Wrapped lines
</entry>
<entry>
Folds multi-lined values when opening
the LDIF editor.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Select whole attribute or value on double click
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the whole attribute description or value
is selected on double click.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="preferences_ldif_editor_content_assistent">
<title>Content Assistant</title>
<para>On the Content Assistant preference page you can configure
content assistent settings.</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1*" />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
Insert single proposal automatically
</entry>
<entry>
If checked single proposals are inserted
automatically when invoking Strg+Space.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Enable auto activation
</entry>
<entry>
If checked the content assistant is activated
after you pause typing for the defined period.
</entry>
<entry>on and 200ms</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Smart insert attribute name in modification items
</entry>
<entry>
If checked attribute names are inserted in
modification items when a new line is started.
</entry>
<entry>on</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="preferences_ldif_editor_syntax_coloring">
<title>Syntax Coloring</title>
<para>On the Syntax Coloring preference page you can configure
fonts and colors.</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
To modify color and font options select a element from the list. The color could be
changed by invoking the color button. The font options could be changed by
toggeling the Bold, Italic, Strikethrough and Underline check boxes.
</para>
<para>
Changes are immediately displayed in the preview.
</para>
</simplesect>
</section>
</section>