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<h3 class="section">2.5 Basic Preferences</h3>
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<p><code>ne</code> has a number of <em>flags</em> that specify alternative
behaviors, the most prototypical example being the <em>insert</em> flag,
which specifies whether the text you type is inserted into the existing text
or replaces it. You can toggle this flag with the ‘<samp>Insert</samp>’ menu
item of the ‘<samp>Prefs</samp>’ menu, or with the <tt class="key">Insert</tt> key of your
keyboard. (<em>Toggle</em> means to change the value of a flag from true to
false, or from false to true; see <a href="Insert.html#Insert">Insert</a>.)
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<p>Another important flag is the <em>free form</em> flag, which specifies
whether the cursor can be moved beyond the right end of each line of
text or only to existing text (a la <code>vi</code>). Programmers usually
prefer non free form editing; text writers seem to prefer free form. See
<a href="FreeForm.html#FreeForm">FreeForm</a> for some elaboration. The free form flag can be set with
the ‘<samp>Free Form</samp>’ menu item of the ‘<samp>Prefs</samp>’ menu.
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<p>At this point, we suggest you explore by trial and error the other
flags of the ‘<samp>Prefs</samp>’ menu, or try the <code>Flags</code> command (see <a href="Flags.html#Flags">Flags</a>),
which explains all the flags and the commands that operate on
them. We prefer spending a few words discussing <em>automatic
preferences</em> or <em>autoprefs</em>.
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<p>Having many flags ensures a high degree of flexibility, but it can turn
editing into a nightmare if you have to turn on and off dozens of flags
for each different kind of file you edit. <code>ne</code>’s solution is to
automatically set a document’s flags when a file is loaded based on your
stated preferences for each <em>file type</em>. A file’s type is determined
by the <em>extension</em> of its file name, that is, the last group of letters
after the last dot. For instance, the extension of <samp>ne.texinfo</samp> is
‘<samp>texinfo</samp>’, the extension of <samp>source.c</samp> is ‘<samp>c</samp>’, and the
extension of <samp>my.txt</samp> is ‘<samp>txt</samp>’.
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<p>Whenever you select the ‘<samp>Save AutoPrefs</samp>’ menu item, <code>ne</code> saves
the flags of your current document to be used when
you load other files with the same extension as your current document.
These <em>autoprefs</em> are saved in a file in your <samp>~/.ne</samp>
directory. This file has the same name as the extension of the current
document with ‘<samp>#ap</samp>’ appended to it. It contains all the commands
necessary to recreate your current document’s flag settings. Whenever
you open a file with this file name extension, <code>ne</code> will
automagically recreate your preferred flag settings for that file type.
(There is a flag that inhibits the process; see <a href="AutoPrefs.html#AutoPrefs">AutoPrefs</a>.)
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<p>Finally, when you select the ‘<samp>Save Def Prefs</samp>’ menu item, a special
preferences file named <samp>.default#ap</samp> is saved. These preferences
are loaded whenever <code>ne</code> is run before loading any file. This is
how you set up the preferences you always want to be set.
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<p>A small set of preferences are global to <code>ne</code> rather than specific
to particular document types. Thus they are saved in the <samp>.default#ap</samp>
file by the <code>SaveDefPrefs</code> command or the ‘<samp>Save Def Prefs</samp>’ menu.
They are not saved by the <code>SaveAutoPrefs</code> command. These preferences are:
<code>FastGUI</code>, <code>RequestOrder</code>, <code>StatusBar</code> and <code>VerboseMacros</code>;
see <a href="FastGUI.html#FastGUI">FastGUI</a>, See <a href="RequestOrder.html#RequestOrder">RequestOrder</a>, See <a href="StatusBar.html#StatusBar">StatusBar</a>, and See <a href="VerboseMacros.html#VerboseMacros">VerboseMacros</a>.
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<p>Similarly, the current syntax definition is specific to the current
document type, so it is saved only in autoprefs files by the
<code>SaveAutoPrefs</code> command or ‘<samp>Save AutoPrefs</samp>’ menu; it is not
saved in the <samp>.default#ap</samp> file.
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<p>Note also that a preferences file is just a macro (as described in the
following section). Thus, it can be edited manually if necessary.
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