Emulating Another Editor

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The Text editor can emulate two popular Text editors: BRIEF and Epsilon. The Epsilon emulation is based on the Lugaru Epsilon editor version 6.0, and the BRIEF emulation is based on the Borland BRIEF editor version 3.1.

What do you want to know more about?

Editor emulation

What do you want to do?

Set an editor emulation

Create a custom editor emulation

To set an editor emulation

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
   
   
2. Select the Compatibility tab.

   In the Current source editor emulation box, select the editor that you wish to emulate. The default editor is Developer Studio. The Options box lists the status of predefined editor options.

3. Click OK.

To create a custom editor emulation

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
   
   
2. Select the Compatibility tab.

   In the Current source editor emulation box, select a standard editor on which to base your custom editor. The Options box lists the editor’s current options.

3. Select the options you want to create the desired editor behavior.

   The name of the custom editor reflects the name of the standard editor. For example, if you customize the BRIEF emulation, the custom editor is named “Custom (BRIEF).”

4. Click OK.