Various settings can be made here for the outer appearance of Info-Base . Most of it explains itself and can be tried out. These settings are stored locally (in the program directory) and can be reloaded (Load settings ) at any time.
When Info-Base ends, the "positions + sizes" of all windows (and the settings of the Single click of the sidebars) are usually not saved, so that each window can be moved as required. At the next Start, the original position and size will be restored. This can be switched off completely in the settings .
There are 16 sub-windows in the Info-Base:
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11 editors, all the same size. So it's enough to change one, usually with Ctrl+W for the width and Ctrl+H for the height
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Batch selection window at F10 or F11
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Internal clipboard window Alt+C
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Picker window Alt+P
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Filter history window Alt+F4
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LatVisits window F2
Except for the 11 editors (main menu), all these windows have a small menu on the right mouse button with options and hotkeys, all of which can be closed with Esc .
If, for example, the right or left sidebars should not be displayed (and therefore not used), only 1 pixel must be specified for the width.
If changes to the windows are to be saved, then a check mark must be set in the menu "Safe positions + sizes". Only when loading settings (*.set) this happens automatically.
Different searches can be switched quickly here as required. With "exactly", the selected text is treated like a word, otherwise up to 20 search terms (AND) are extracted, whereby all punctuation marks (except "?"), Brackets, special characters of the global settings, CR/LF and TAB are not taken into account.
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Online search from the editor (Ctrl+1 bis Ctrl+4).
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Search import from other programs (Ctrl+Shift+G and Ctrl+Shift+S) - here the autocorrection is active, when it is switched on (after editing).
- Text search from the editor (Ctrl+G und Ctrl+S).
After the main menu in the menu bar the following information can be displayed:
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Date
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Counter (global)
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Daily counter
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Number of pending batch files (IBbat.exe)
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Number of open viewers
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Filter conditions (if the menu bar is set for it !)
A Click on these (pseudo)-menupoints shows the names.
The current filter (conditions) can optionally be displayed on:
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Menu bar
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Note list header
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Status bar
The last 4 menu items are temporary settings (until the end of the program):
- The read only for the editor can also be activated by a Double-Click on the toolbar or the statusbar. So a note with can not be edited the keyboard, but almost all functions from the Main menu (set codes, update date, set flags, etc.) work as usual. So he only protects against accidental changes to the slip.
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The automatic wordwrap depends on the width of the editor window. It can be switched off here as well.
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If a browser is specified, it can be deactivated here. The standard browser is then used.
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If a program is specified under "Link (file)", this can be deactivated here so that the linked file can be copied directly with Alt+Click .
A probably very rarely used option is to reset
the position of the first viewer.
For example, when using the Info-Base on a
USB stick or another PC, it can very easily happen that the viewers are
no longer visible
because there may not be a 2nd monitor and its position is
now outside the current screen ...
Reset viewers position sets the coordinates of the first viewer to the top left corner of the current screen. After that you can set up the grading according to your own taste. This menu item is only active if the coordinates do not correspond to the upper left corner.
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