true
Use Default Font
Whether to use the system's default fixed width font for editing text instead of a font specific to xed. If this option is turned off, then the font named in the "Editor Font" option will be used instead of the system font.
'Monospace 12'
Editor Font
A custom font that will be used for the editing area. This will only take effect if the "Use Default Font" option is turned off.
false
Prefer Dark Theme
Whether xed should prefer the dark variation of the current Gtk theme if available.
'tango'
Style Scheme
The ID of a GtkSourceView Style Scheme used to color the text.
false
Create Backup Copies
Whether xed should create backup copies for the files it saves. You can set the backup file extension with the "Backup Copy Extension" option.
false
Autosave
Whether xed should automatically save modified files after a time interval. You can set the time interval with the "Autosave Interval" option.
10
Autosave Interval
Number of minutes after which xed will automatically save modified files. This will only take effect if the "Autosave" option is turned on.
[ 'dav', 'davs', 'ftp', 'sftp', 'smb', 'ssh' ]
Writable VFS schemes
List of VFS schemes xed supports in write mode. The 'file' scheme is writable by default.
2000
Maximum Number of Undo Actions
Maximum number of actions that xed will be able to undo or redo. Use "-1" for unlimited number of actions.
'word'
Line Wrapping Mode
Specifies how to wrap long lines in the editing area. Use "none" for no wrapping, "word" for wrapping at word boundaries, and "char" for wrapping at individual character boundaries. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here.
4
Tab Size
Specifies the number of spaces that should be displayed instead of Tab characters.
true
Insert spaces
Whether xed should insert spaces instead of tabs.
false
Automatic indent
Whether xed should enable automatic indentation.
false
Display Line Numbers
Whether xed should display line numbers in the editing area.
false
Highlight Current Line
Whether xed should highlight the current line.
false
Highlight Matching Bracket
Whether xed should highlight the bracket matching the selected one.
false
Display Right Margin
Whether xed should display the right margin in the editing area.
120
Right Margin Position
Specifies the position of the right margin.
'after'
Smart Home End
Specifies how the cursor moves when the HOME and END keys are pressed. Use "disabled" to always move at the start/end of the line, "after" to move to the start/end of the line the first time the keys are pressed and to the start/end of the text ignoring whitespaces the second time the keys are pressed, "before" to move to the start/end of the text before moving to the start/end of the line and "always" to always move to the start/end of the text instead of the start/end of the line.
true
Restore Previous Cursor Position
Whether xed should restore the previous cursor position when a file is loaded.
true
Enable Search Highlighting
Whether xed should highlight all the occurrences of the searched text.
true
Enable Syntax Highlighting
Whether xed should enable syntax highlighting.
true
Ensure Trailing Newline
Whether xed will ensure that documents always end with a trailing newline.
false
Draw whitespace
Whether xed should render whitespace
false
Draw leading whitespace
Whether xed should render leading whitespace
false
Draw whitespace within text
Whether xed should render whitespace between words and characters
false
Draw trailing whitespace
Whether xed should render trailing whitespace
false
Draw newline characters
Whether xed should render newline characters
true
Toolbar is Visible
Whether the toolbar should be visible in editing windows.
true
Status Bar is Visible
Whether the status bar at the bottom of editing windows should be visible.
false
Side Pane is Visible
Whether the side pane at the left of editing windows should be visible.
false
Bottom Panel is Visible
Whether the bottom panel at the bottom of editing windows should be visible.
true
Allow changing active tabs by scrolling
Whether you can change active tabs by scrolling.
false
Minimap is visible
Whether the minimap for the document should be visible.
5
Maximum Recent Files
Specifies the maximum number of recently opened files that will be displayed in the "Recent Files" submenu.
true
Print Syntax Highlighting
Whether xed should print syntax highlighting when printing documents.
true
Print Header
Whether xed should include a document header when printing documents.
'word'
Printing Line Wrapping Mode
Specifies how to wrap long lines for printing. Use "none" for no wrapping, "word" for wrapping at word boundaries, and "char" for wrapping at individual character boundaries. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here.
0
Print Line Numbers
If this value is 0, then no line numbers will be inserted when printing a document. Otherwise, xed will print line numbers every such number of lines.
'Monospace 9'
Body Font for Printing
Specifies the font to use for a document's body when printing documents.
'Sans 11'
Header Font for Printing
Specifies the font to use for page headers when printing a document. This will only take effect if the "Print Header" option is turned on.
'Sans 8'
Line Number Font for Printing
Specifies the font to use for line numbers when printing. This will only take effect if the "Print Line Numbers" option is non-zero.
[ 'UTF-8', 'CURRENT', 'ISO-8859-15', 'UTF-16' ]
Automatically Detected Encodings
Sorted list of encodings used by xed for automatically detecting the encoding of a file. "CURRENT" represents the current locale encoding. Only recognized encodings are used.
[ 'ISO-8859-15' ]
Encodings shown in menu
List of encodings shown in the Character Encoding menu in open/save file selector. Only recognized encodings are used.
0
(650,500)
200
0
140
0
0
[]
History for "search for" entries
List of entries in "search for" textbox.
[]
History for "replace with" entries
List of entries in "replace with" textbox.
[ 'docinfo', 'modelines', 'filebrowser', 'spell', 'time', 'bracketcompletion' ]
Active plugins
List of active plugins. It contains the "Location" of the active plugins. See the .xed-plugin file for obtaining the "Location" of a given plugin.