Preferences

Editor settings
Display settings
Ascii view settings (1)
Ascii view settings (2)
Hex view settings
Misc settings

Editor settings



Persistent selection When checked, block selections will not be reset when the cursor is moved.
Use tab When checked, a tab characters (0x09) is inserted when the tab key is pressed, otherwise spaces are inserted until the next tab stop.
Optimal fill When checked, indenting will use tab characters (0x09) whenever it is possible.
Enable virtual space When checked, it is possible to move the cursor beyond the end of a line.
Tab size The tab size in characters.
Word separators A list of characters which is used to separate words. These may be overrided by the current syntax definition.
Max undo size The maximum number of bytes the undo buffer may use. One byte is roughly equal to one character.
Line ending The character sequence used for ending a line. Note that the loaded file will NOT have it's line endings modified. This setting only affects new line endings inserted in the text..

Display settings



Syntax highlighting Check to enable syntax highlighting.
Show right margin Show the right margin as a thin line. Note that Kon does not support on the fly word wrapping. The right margin is only used as an indicator.
Right margin The right margin (in characters).

Ascii view (1)



Font Select the font you wish to use.
Font size Select the font size. For bitmapped fonts in OS/2, the size is displayed in width and height of the character box.
Fixed width only Check to use fixed width fonts only. This is the recommended setting.
Bitmapped fonts only Check to use bitmapped fonts only. This is the recommended setting for OS/2.
Font and colors Select the item you wish to change the color or font for.

Ascii view (2)



Show line numbers When checked, the line numbers are shown in the left margin.
Show saved positions When checked, saved positions are shown in the left margin.
Characters Width of the left margin in characters.

Hex view



Same as for Ascii view (1).

Misc settings



Backup files When checked, when saving a file, the file to be overwritten is saved with a .BAK extension.
Use system file dialog When checked, the system file dialog is used. For Windows this should normally be checked, but in OS/2 Kon's replacement dialog may be a better choice.
Use alternate fonts in GUI Check to use a larger font for the GUI than the system fonts.
Autosave When checked, unsaved files will be automatically saved to <KON HOMEDIR>\ASV at the specified intervals. When the file is closed, the autosaved file is removed. Note that the original file is never overwritten! The autosaved file is stored in a separate directory, as above.
Autoclose main window When checked, Kon will close the application when the last file is closed. Otherwise, a new scratch window will be opened.
Show command field When checked, a command field for entering K commands will be shown at the bottom of the Kon editor window.
Reuse existing control If a file is to be loaded which already has been loaded into Kon, focus is switched to that control instead of opening a new one.
Query before loading Unicode file Ask whether a unicode file should be converted from Unicode into Ansi when loaded or be kept as binary.