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2. Customization

There are many ways to customize Wing IDE in order to adapt it to your needs or preferences. This chapter describes the options that are available to you.

These are some of the areas of customization that are available:
  • The editor can run with different personalities such as Vim, Emacs, Visual Studio, and Brief emulation
  • The action of the tab key can be configured
  • The auto-completer's completion key(s) can be altered
  • The layout, look, and content of the IDE windows can be configured
  • Keyboard shortcuts can be added, removed, or altered for any Wing command
  • File sets can be defined to control some of the IDE features
  • Many other options are available through preferences

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Section Contents

2.0. Editor Personalities
2.1. User Interface Options
   2.1.0. Windowing Policies
   2.1.1. User Interface Layout
   2.1.2. Altering Text Display
   2.1.3. Setting Overall Display Theme
2.2. Preferences
   2.2.0. Preferences File Layers
   2.2.1. Preferences File Format
2.3. Key Equivalents
   2.3.0. Key Names
2.4. File Sets