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General

WSedit has got a settings notebook: select "Window - WSedit settings" or press Ctrl-OO. The information is stored in the binary WSEDIT.DTA file which is located in the same directory where WSEDIT.EXE resides. WSEDIT.DTA is read when WSedit is started and it is written when you exit WSedit. If several WSedit windows are opened, the last window overwrites the settings of the other programs. So if you want to make changes, make sure that only one WSedit is running.

The contents of the settings notebook is dependent on the file extension. It is possible to store entries for up to 20 different file types.

There are also some other settings stored in the WSEDIT.DTA file dependent on the file type which are not part of the settings notebook, e.g. window size and the selected font.

You can enter a new file type by pressing the "New" button outside the notebook itself. The entry field near the "New" button gets empty and you can enter a new file extension. You are allowed to enter more than one file extension for one file type, separated by colon and without spaces, e.g.

HTM,HTML

If you define a new file type, the notebook entries of the type which was active before pressing "New" rest in the notebook. So choose the file type with the closest settings before pressing "New".