General tab

(Config > Options... > General tab)

Save window positions and sizes

Format: rememberwindowpositions

Default: On

Remembers the position and size of each type of window so that the next time a window of the same type is created, it will be created with the same size and position. The first window of a given type is positioned in the saved location, but subsequent windows of the same type are positioned slightly offset from the previous window (although they are still sized to the same size). This takes effect even across sessions (after you exit and restart the program). For example, if you resize the Builder window, move it to a specific location on your screen, and then close the window, the next time a Builder window is created it will appear in the same exact place. Not all windows are affected by this option. In particular, data explorer windows are not affected.

Use icons for buttons

Format: iconifiedbuttons

Default: On

Uses icon based buttons instead of textual buttons.

Display close (x) buttons

Format: closebuttonontitlebar

Default: On

Check to have MULTI always provide a close button of its own on windows it creates. This option will only affect new windows created after you change the setting, except for Debugger windows which will adjust to the new setting immediately.

Match exact case in searches

Format: exactcase

Default: Off

Determines the case sensitivity of all text searches in MULTI. This option can also be set on a per-editor-window basis with the Edit > Find... dialog.

Allow beeping

Format: beep

Default: On

Determines whether MULTI beeps. Enabled, MULTI beeps on various error conditions, such as a search that doesn't match anything. Disabled, MULTI never beeps.

Show tooltips

Format: tooltips

Default: On

To enable tooltips, turn this option on. Tooltips are the little explanatory boxes that pop up when you hover the mouse cursor over something.

Warp pointer

Format: warppointer

Default: Into Dialog

Controls when MULTI warps the mouse pointer across the screen to a convenient location.
Warp pointer values
Value Command Meaning
Never
never
Never move the mouse pointer; the user has complete control over its location.
Into Dialog
IntoDialogue
Warp the mouse pointer onto the default button of new dialog boxes that appear.
In & Out of Dialog
In&OutDialogue
Warp the mouse pointer onto the default button of new dialog boxes that appear, and then back to where it was when the dialog box is closed.

Print command

Format: printcommand

Default: lpr

The UNIX command to print a postscript file. This command will be used whenever MULTI tries to print anything.

Vertical scroll bar location

Format: scrolllocation

Default: Right

Location of the vertical scroll bar (Left or Right).

Horizontal scroll bar location

Format: scrollhlocation

Default: Bottom

Location of the horizontal scroll bar (Top or Bottom)

Display moon phase

Format: moon

Default: Off

Display the approximate phase of the moon in the nook of the vertical and horizontal scroll bars instead of the Green Hills Software logo.

Scroll bar width

Format: scrollbarwidth

Default: 18

Width of scroll bars.

Main Font...

Format: font

Default: "-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-m*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

Change the main font, used for code and filenames in the Builder. This font should normally be set to a fixed width font, so that text will line up properly.

Button Font...

Format: buttonfont

Default: "-*-interface system-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

Change the button font, used on buttons, menus, and other gui controls.

Kanji Font...

Format: kanjifont

Default: (none)

Change the 16-bit font used to display Kanji text.

Menus...

Creates a dialog box which allows editing of the menus in MULTI using the same format that the menu command takes. See also menu.

Mouse Bindings...

Creates a dialog box which allows editing of the mouse bindings using the same format that the mouse command takes. See also mouse.

Key Bindings...

Creates a dialog box which allows editing of the key bindings using the same format that the keybind command takes. See also keybind.

Online Help...

Creates a dialog box which contains additional configuration options for the online help system. See Online Help Options.


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