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Beautify Options Dialog Box

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Makes it possible for you to specify capitalization and indentation styles to editing window text. This command appears when you open a program or text file in an editing window.

Capitalization

  • Keywords
    Provides four ways to represent keywords. Keywords can be formatted as UPPERCASE, lowercase, Mixed Case, or No change.
  • Symbols
    Provides four ways to represent symbols. Symbols can be formatted as UPPERCASE, lowercase, Match with first occurrence, or No change. Match with first occurrence only affects the symbols available within the current editing window.

Indentation

  • Types of indent
    Provides three ways to indent text. Text can be indented using Tabs, Spaces, or No Change. If Spaces is selected, type or select the number of spaces to indent the text using the Spaces spinner control.
  • Text to indent
    Makes it possible for you to specify what types of text should be indented. Comment causes all text lines beginning with the * comment identifier to be indented. Continuation lines causes the lines following the (;) — used to indicate the first line continuation mark — to be indented. The indentation for Continuation lines continues at the same level until a new command line is entered.
  • Extra indent beneath
    Provides extra indentation for the lines following the beginning of procedures and DO CASE control structures.

See Also

Editing Window | Run Active Document Dialog Box | _BEAUTIFY System Variable | Macros Dialog Box