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Preferences Editors

The commands listed in this section invoke the Workbench Preferences editors.

The same arguments and switches appear within many of the Preferences Editors command format statements. These have the same meaning for each command that uses them and are described as follows:

Argument	Meaning
[FROM <filename>]	Specifies a Preferences preset file to open. This file must be previously saved with the given editor's Save As menu item. These files normally have the .pre extension and are stored in the Presets drawer.
[EDIT]	Opens the editor. This is the default if you enter the editor name alone.
[USE]	Uses the settings in the FROM file without opening the editor.
[SAVE]	Saves the settings in the FROM file as the default without opening the editor.
[PUBSREEN <public screen name>]	Allows the editor to open its window on a public screen.
[UNIT]	Causes an additional text gadget to appear in the editor for setting the default unit number.
[CLIPUNIT <clipboard unit>]	Determines which Clipboard unit to use during cut and paste operations.
[NOREMAP]	Turn off color mapping so that the system displays picture files using the colors with which they were saved.

Font

Specifies the fonts used by the system.

Format	FONT [FROM <filename>] [EDIT \| USE \| SAVE] [PUBSCREEN <public screen name>]
Template	FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,PUBSCREEN/K
Location	SYS:Prefs

Example:

1> FONT

Opens the Font editor, the same as double-clicking on the Font icon.

IControl

Specifies parameters used by the operating system.

Format	ICONTROL [FROM <filename>] [EDIT \| USE \| SAVE] [PUBSCREEN <public screen name>]
Template	FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,PUBSCREEN/K
Location	SYS:Prefs

Example:

1> ICONTROL Prefs/Presets/IControl.pre

Opens the IControl editor and loads the settings saved in the IControl.pre preset file for editing.

Input

Specifies different speeds for the mouse and keyboard and selects a national keyboard.

Format	INPUT [FROM <filename>] [EDIT \| USE \| SAVE] [PUBSCREEN <public screen name>]
Template	FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,PUBSCREEN/K
Location	SYS:Prefs

Example:

1> INPUT Prefs/Presets/Input.fast USE

loads and sets the settings from the Input.fast preset without opening the editor. If the system is rebooted, the previously saved default settings are used.

Locale

Allows you to choose the languages available on the system.

Format	LOCALE [FROM <filename>] [EDIT \| USE \| SAVE] [PUBSCREEN <public screen name>]
Template	FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVES/S,PUBSCREEN/K
Location	SYS:Prefs

Example:

1> LOCALE Prefs/Presets/Locale.UK SAVE

Loads the settings from the Locale.UK preset and saves them as the default without opening the editor. The system retains the Locale.UK settings after rebooting.

Overscan

Changes the sizes of the display areas for text and graphics.

Format	OVERSCAN [FROM <filename>] [EDIT \| USE \| SAVE] [PUBSCREEN <public screen name>]
Template	FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,PUBSCREEN/K
Location	SYS:Prefs

Example:

1> OVERSCAN PUBSCREEN MyBench

Opens the Overscan editor on the public screen named MyBench.

Palette

Changes the color of the Workbench screen.

Format	PALETTE [FROM <filename>] [EDIT \| USE \| SAVE]
Template	FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S
Location	SYS:Prefs

Pointer

Changes the appearance of the mouse pointer.

Format	POINTER [FROM <filename>] [EDIT \| USE \| SAVE] [CLIPUNIT <clipboard unit>] [NOREMAP]
Template	FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,CLIPUNIT/K/N,NOREMAP/S
Location	SYS:Prefs

Example:

1> POINTER CLIPUNIT 1

Opens the Pointer editor, setting the Clipboard unit to 1. This is useful if the default Clipboard unit (0) is already in use.

Printer

Specifies a printer and print options.

Format

PRINTER [FROM <filename>] [EDIT | USE | SAVE] [PUBSCREEN <public screen name>] [UNIT]

Template

FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,PUBSCREEN/K,UNIT/S