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Preferences dialog allows you to customize Sqliteman to fit your needs better.
You can set GUI behavior in in this section. Remember that Language and Style settings require Sqliteman restart to take effect. Some of these preferences can be overridden by the application command line parameters.
Allow to choose one of the translations for user interface.
Remember that translations are provide by group of volunteers (not by Sqliteman developers). It's better to contact translation authors in the case of bug.
Change the application "skin". Available styles are depending on platform. Default style should be good choice.
Specify the count of items in the
menu.When it's checked, the last used database will be opened on the next Sqliteman start.
Change settings of the data result viewer here. There is no application restart required here. Viewer features are described in its own section.
There is no difference in displaying NULL value and an empty string if is this option disabled.
If you enable this feature, you can set the background color and the substitution string to highlight real NULL value. The empty string display is unchanged.
If is this option disabled, you will get unfiltered binary content of the BLOB cell.
If you enable this feature, you can set the background color and the substitution string to highlight real BLOB value.
If it is enabled, the long data will be shortened in the result grid.
Change settings of the SQL editor here. There is no application restart required here. SQL Editor features are described in its own section.
Specify font and font size. It's common and clever to use a non-proportional font for source code editor.
The active line will be highlighted if is this feature set. Change its color with
button.When is this option set, the vertical line at the given column position will be shown. It's useful to keep coding standards.
The code completion will be allowed if is this feature set. The editor will show pop-up menu with matching words when the currently edited word grows on the threshold length.
The editor shortcuts mechanism will be allowed if is this feature set. Pressing
button will open a shortcut definition dialog.You can define shortcuts and expansion in this sub-dialog:
Custom syntax highlighting colors can be defined here. Every button sets its syntax color. All is shown in the sample SQL statement preview.