This chapter documents the entire set of available preferences for Wing IDE Professional. Note that this includes preferences that are ignored and unused in Wing IDE Personal and Wing IDE 101.
Most preferences can be set from the Preferences GUI but some users may wish to build preference files manually to control different instances of Wing IDE (see details in Preferences Customization).
Display Language
The language to use for the user interface. Either the default for this system, or set to a specific supported language.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Display Language
Internal Name: main.display-language
Data Specification: [de, en, fr, None]
Default Value: None
Display Style
Configures the overall display style used by Wing IDE.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Display Style
Internal Name: gui.qt-display-theme
Data Specification: [tuple length 4 of: [selected-colors, selected-style, None], None, [Windows, CDE, Cleanlooks, Motif, Plastique], None]
Default Value: (None, None, u'Windows', None)
Color Palette
The overall color palette used by Wing IDE. All color preferences default to using colors from the palette, but can be overridden individually. The background colors from the palette will only apply to the editor, unless the Display Style preference is set to Match Palette. Additional palettes can be defined and added to the 'palettes' sub-directory of the User Settings directory.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Color Palette
Internal Name: gui.qt-color-palette
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: wing-classic
Use System Qt
Use the system-provided Qt library (requires Qt4 4.8 or later). Wing comes with its own private copy of the Qt libraries for which it is built and tested. Use the system Qt option to better integrate with the gnome or other desktop environment, however on some systems this may result in random crashing or other bugs resulting from binary incompatibilities in library versions. This preference may be overridden on the command line with the --system-qt and --private-qt command line options.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Use System Qt
Internal Name: gui.use-system-qt
Data Specification: [False, True, None]
Default Value: False
Windowing Policy
Policy to use for window creation: Combined Toolbox and Editor mode places toolboxes into editor windows, Separate Toolbox mode creates separate toolbox windows, and One Window per Editor mode also creates a new window for each file opened in an editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Layout > Windowing Policy
Internal Name: gui.windowing-policy
Data Specification: [combined-window, one-window-per-editor, separate-toolbox-window]
Default Value: combined-window
Show Editor Tabs
Controls whether or not Wing shows tabs for switching between editors. When false, a popup menu is used instead.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Layout > Show Editor Tabs
Internal Name: gui.use-notebook-editors
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Enable Tooltips
Controls whether or not tooltips containing help are shown when the mouse hovers over areas of the user interface.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Layout > Enable Tooltips
Internal Name: gui.enable-tooltips
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Show Toolbar
Whether toolbar is shown in any window.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Show Toolbar
Internal Name: gui.show-toolbar
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Toolbar Size
Sets size of the toolbar icons. By default, adjusts according to available space.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Toolbar Size
Internal Name: gui.toolbar-icon-size
Data Specification: [medium, default, xlarge, text-height, large, small]
Default Value: auto
Toolbar Style
Select style of toolbar icons to use. By default, adjusts according to available space.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Toolbar Style
Internal Name: gui.toolbar-icon-style
Data Specification: [medium, default, auto, xlarge, text-height, large, small]
Default Value: auto
Groups Shown
Controls which groups of tools will be shown in the toolbar.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Groups Shown
Internal Name: guimgr.toolbar-groups
Data Specification: [tuple of: [search, indent, clip, bookmark, debug, vcs, proj, file, diff, test, batch-search]]
Default Value: ['file', 'clip', 'search', 'diff', 'indent', 'proj', 'debug']
Custom Items
Extra items to add to the tool bar.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Custom Items
Internal Name: guimgr.toolbar-custom-items
Data Specification: [tuple of: [tuple length 3 of: <icon spec>, <type str>, <type str>]]
Default Value: ()
Primary Icon Color
Primary color for icons
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Primary Icon Color
Internal Name: gui.icon-color-primary
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Secondary Icon Color
Secondary color for icons
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Secondary Icon Color
Internal Name: gui.icon-color-secondary
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Tertiary Icon Color
Tertiary color for icons
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Tertiary Icon Color
Internal Name: gui.icon-color-tertiary
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Quaternary Icon Color
Quaternary color for icons
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Quaternary Icon Color
Internal Name: gui.icon-color-quaternary
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Quinary Icon Color
Quinary color for icons
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Quinary Icon Color
Internal Name: gui.icon-color-quinary
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Senary Icon Color
Senary color for icons
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Toolbar > Senary Icon Color
Internal Name: gui.icon-color-senary
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Display Font/Size
The base font and size to use for the user interface's menus and labels
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Fonts > Display Font/Size
Internal Name: gui.qt-display-font
Data Specification: [None or <type str>]
Default Value: None
Editor Font/Size
The base font and size to use for the source code editor, Python Shell, Debug Probe, Source Assistant, and other tools that display source code.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Fonts > Editor Font/Size
Internal Name: edit.qt-display-font
Data Specification: [None or <type str>]
Default Value: None
Personality
Selects the overall editor personality, optionally to emulate another commonly used editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Keyboard > Personality
Internal Name: edit.personality
Data Specification: [normal, vi, eclipse, brief, emacs, visualstudio]
Default Value: normal
Tab Key Action
Defines the action of the Tab key, one of: "Default for Personality" to emulate the selected Keyboard Personality. "Indent To Match" to indent the current line or selected line(s) to match the context, "Move to Next Tab Stop" to enter indentation characters so the caret reaches the next tab stop, "Indent Region" to increase the indentation of the selected line(s) by one level, or "Insert Tab Character" to insert a Tab character (chr(9)). For Python files, "Smart Tab" is an option that varies the tab key action according to the location of the caret within the line.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Keyboard > Tab Key Action
Internal Name: edit.tab-key-action
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <type str>]
Default Value: {'*': '--default--', 'text/x-python': '--default--'}
Smart Tab End of Line Indents
Select type of indentation that Smart Tab will place at the end of a line.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Keyboard > Smart Tab End of Line Indents
Internal Name: edit.smart-tab-eol-indents
Data Specification: [1, 2, 3, 4, None]
Default Value: 4
Use Alt for Accelerators
Specifies whether plain Alt keystrokes should be used only for accelerators. When enabled, Alt-key presses that could be for an accelerator will be used only for accelerators and never for key bindings. When disabled, Alt-key bindings take precedence over accelerators. This preference is ignored when Wing is running with native OS X display style, since in that case accelerators do not exist.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Keyboard > Use Alt for Accelerators
Internal Name: gui.qt-os-alt-for-accelerators
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Custom Key Bindings
Override key bindings in the keymap. To enter the key, place focus on the entry area and type the key combination desired. The command is one of those documented in the user manual's Command Reference, or the name of any user scripts that have been loaded into the IDE. Leave the command name blank to remove the default binding for a key (this is useful when adding multi-key bindings that conflict with a default).
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Keyboard > Custom Key Bindings
Internal Name: gui.keymap-override
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <type str>]
Default Value: {}
Typing Group Timeout
Sets the timeout in seconds to use for typing, after which keys pressed are considered a separate group of characters. This is used for typing-to-select on lists and in other GUI areas. Before the timeout subsequent keys are added to previous ones to refine the selection during keyboard navigation.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Keyboard > Typing Group Timeout
Internal Name: gui.typing-group-timeout
Data Specification: <type int>, <type float>
Default Value: 1
VI Mode Ctrl-C/X/V
Controls the behavior of the Ctrl-X/C/V key bindings in vi mode. Either always use these for cut/copy/paste, use them for vi native actions such as initiate-numeric-repeat and start-select-block, or use the default by system (clipboard on win32 and other commands elsewhere).
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Keyboard > VI Mode Ctrl-C/X/V
Internal Name: vi-mode.clipboard-bindings
Data Specification: [other, clipboard, system-default]
Default Value: system-default
Auto-save Perspectives
Selects whether to auto-save perspectives when switching to another perspective. Can always auto-save, never auto-save, prompt each time a perspective is left, or auto-save as configured on a per-perspective basis.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Perspectives > Auto-save Perspectives
Internal Name: main.perspective-auto-save
Data Specification: [tuple length 2 of: [always, never, prompt, choose], <type str>]
Default Value: always
Shared Perspective File
Selects the file to use for storing and retrieving shared perspectives. By default (when value is None) the file 'perspectives' in the user settings directory is used.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Perspectives > Shared Perspective File
Internal Name: main.perspective-shared-file
Data Specification: [one of: <type NoneType>, <type str>]
Default Value: None
Show Splash Screen
Controls whether or not the splash screen is shown at startup.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > Show Splash Screen
Internal Name: main.show-splash-screen
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
When Launching Wing
Controls whether Wing tries to reuse an existing running instance of the IDE when it is launched again.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > When Launching Wing
Internal Name: main.instance-reuse-policy
Data Specification: [tuple of: [new, reuse, None]]
Default Value: None
Auto-Focus Tools
Controls whether to automatically move keyboard focus from the editor to tools when they are revealed.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > Auto-Focus Tools
Internal Name: gui.auto-focus-tools
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Case Sensitive Sorting
Controls whether names are sorted case sensitively (with all caps preceding small letters) or case insensitively
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > Case Sensitive Sorting
Internal Name: gui.sort-case-sensitive
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Auto-Show Bug Report Dialog
Whether the error bug reporting dialog (also available from the Help menu) is shown automatically when an unexpected exception is encountered inside Wing IDE.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > Auto-Show Bug Report Dialog
Internal Name: gui.show-report-error-dialog
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Auto-check for Product Updates
Automatically attempt to connect to wingware.com to check for updates once every day after Wing is started.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > Auto-check for Product Updates
Internal Name: main.auto-check-updates
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Show Support+Upgrades Reminders
Show a reminder when Support+Upgrades for the active license is expired or will expire soon.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > Show Support+Upgrades Reminders
Internal Name: main.monitor-support-upgrades
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Always Use Full Path in Tooltips
Enable to always show the full path of a file name in the tooltips shown from the editor tabs and file selection menus. When disabled, the configured Source Title Style is used instead.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Other > Always Use Full Path in Tooltips
Internal Name: gui.full-path-in-tooltips
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Max Error Log Size
The number of bytes at which the error log file (USER_SETTINGS_DIR/error-log) is truncated. This file can be sent to technical support to help diagnose problems with the IDE.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Advanced > Max Error Log Size
Internal Name: main.max-error-log-size
Data Specification: [from 10000 to 10000000]
Default Value: 500000
Shared File Sets Repository
Selects the file to use for storing and retrieving shared named files sets. By default (when value is None) the file 'filesets' in the user settings directory is used.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Advanced > Shared File Sets Repository
Internal Name: main.fileset-shared-file
Data Specification: [one of: <type NoneType>, <type str>]
Default Value: None
Key Map File
Defines location of the keymap override file. Use None for default according to configured editor personality. See the Wing IDE Manual for details on building your keymap override file -- in general this is used only in development or debugging keymaps; use the keymap-override preference instead for better tracking across Wing versions.
Preferences Dialog Path: User Interface > Advanced > Key Map File
Internal Name: gui.keymap
Data Specification: [None or <type str>]
Default Value: None
Auto-reopen Last Project
Controls whether most recent project is reopened at startup, in the absence of any other project on the command line.
Preferences Dialog Path: Projects > Auto-reopen Last Project
Internal Name: main.auto-reopen-last-project
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Close Files with Project
Controls whether any files open in an editor are also closed when a project file is closed
Preferences Dialog Path: Projects > Close Files with Project
Internal Name: proj.close-also-windows
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Show New Project Dialog
Whether to show New Project dialog when creating projects. When this is disabled, a blank project is created and can be configured and saved from the Project menu.
Preferences Dialog Path: Projects > Show New Project Dialog
Internal Name: proj.show-new-project-dialog
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Open Projects as Text
Controls whether project files are opened as project or as text when opened from the File menu. This does not affect opening from the Project menu.
Preferences Dialog Path: Projects > Open Projects as Text
Internal Name: gui.open-projects-as-text
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Confirm Drag Copy/Move
Controls whether or not the IDE will confirm file copy/move operations initiated by dragging items around on the Project view.
Preferences Dialog Path: Projects > Confirm Drag Copy/Move
Internal Name: proj.confirm-file-drags
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Groups Shown
Controls which groups of menu items will be shown in the Project tool's context menu.
Preferences Dialog Path: Projects > Context Menu > Groups Shown
Internal Name: proj.context-menu-groups
Data Specification: [tuple of: [clip, script, vcs, nav, proj, file, debug]]
Default Value: ['clip', 'nav', 'debug', 'vcs', 'proj', 'file', 'script']
Custom Items
Extra menu items to add to the Project tool context menu.
Preferences Dialog Path: Projects > Context Menu > Custom Items
Internal Name: proj.context-menu-custom-items
Data Specification: [tuple of: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, <type str>]]
Default Value: ()
Auto-Save Files Before Debug or Execute
Controls whether or not all edited files are saved without asking before a debug run, before starting unit tests, or before a file or build process is executed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Auto-Save Files Before Debug or Execute
Internal Name: gui.auto-save-before-action
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Default Directory Policy
Defines how Wing determines the starting directory to use when prompting for a file name: Either based on location of the resource at current focus, location of the current project home directory, the last directory visited for file selection, the current directory at startup (or selected since), or always the specific fixed directory entered here.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Default Directory Policy
Internal Name: main.start-dir-policy
Data Specification: [tuple length 2 of: [current-project, current-directory, recent-directory, current-focus, selected-directory], <type str>]
Default Value: ('current-focus', '')
Title Style
Format used for titles of source files: Use Base Name Only to display just the file name, Prepend Relative Path to use partial relative path from the project file location or configured Project Home Directory, Append Relative Path to instead append the relative path after the file namePrepend Full Path to use full path, or Append Full Path to instead append the fullpath after the file name.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Title Style
Internal Name: gui.source-title-style
Data Specification: [append-relative, basename, prepend-fullpath, append-fullpath, prepend-relative]
Default Value: append-relative
Default Encoding
The default encoding to use for text files opened in the source editor and other tools, when an encoding for that file cannot be determined by reading the file. Other encodings may also be tried. This also sets the encoding to use for newly created files.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Default Encoding
Internal Name: edit.default-encoding
Data Specification: [None or [Central and Eastern European iso8859-2, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2004, Hebrew cp856, Japanese euc-jp, Vietnamese cp1258, Greek cp1253, Baltic Languages cp1257, Korean johab, System default (UTF-8), Baltic Languages cp775, Japanese iso-2022-jp-ext, Korean iso-2022-kr, Icelandic cp861, Hebrew cp424, Cyrillic Languages cp1251, Turkish iso8859-9, Unicode (UTF-16, little endian) utf-16-le, Western European cp500, Chinese (PRC) gb18030, Greek cp875, Arabic cp864, Icelandic mac-iceland, Chinese (PRC) gbk, Turkish mac-turkish, Greek iso8859-7, Baltic Languages iso8859-13, Cyrillic Languages mac-cyrillic, Greek cp869, Japanese iso-2022-jp-1, Central and Eastern European cp852, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2, Chinese (ROC) big5, Urdu cp1006, Hebrew iso8859-8, Celtic Languages iso8859-14, Thai cp874, Cyrillic Languages cp855, Western European iso8859-15, Greek mac-greek, Western European cp1252, Ukrainian koi8-u, Hebrew cp1255, Danish, Norwegian cp865, Cyrillic Languages iso8859-5, Turkish cp1026, Western European mac-roman, Western European cp1140, Chinese (PRC) hz, Portuguese cp860, Chinese (ROC) cp950, US, Canada, and Others cp037, Japanese shift-jis-2004, Turkish cp1254, Japanese iso-2022-jp-3, Hebrew cp862, Western European latin-1, Japanese euc-jisx0213, Unicode (UTF-16, big endian) utf-16-be, Japanese euc-jis-2004, Japanese shift-jisx0213, Central and Eastern European cp1250, Baltic Languages iso8859-4, English ascii, Japanese shift-jis, None, Arabic iso8859-6, Canadian English/French cp863, Russian koi8-r, Japanese iso-2022-jp, Unicode (UTF-8) utf-8, Greek cp737, Nordic Languages iso8859-10, Central and Eastern European mac-latin2, Chinese (PRC) gb2312, Unicode (UTF-7) utf-7, Arabic cp1256, Chinese (PRC) big5hkscs, Western European cp850, Esperanto and Maltese iso8859-3, Turkish cp857, Korean cp949, US, Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa cp437, Unicode (UTF-16) utf-16, Japanese cp932]]
Default Value: None
New File EOL
Default end-of-line to use. Wing matches existing line endings in non-blank files and uses this preference only when a file contains no end-of-line characters.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > New File EOL
Internal Name: edit.new-file-eol-style
Data Specification: [lf, cr, crlf]
Default Value: lf
New File Extension
Default file extension for newly created files
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > New File Extension
Internal Name: edit.new-file-extension
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: .py
Max Recent Items
Maximum number of items to display in the Recent menus.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Max Recent Items
Internal Name: gui.max-recent-files
Data Specification: [from 3 to 200]
Default Value: 20
Maximum File Size (MB)
Maximum size of files that Wing will try to open, in MB.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Maximum File Size (MB)
Internal Name: gui.max-file-size
Data Specification: [from 1 to 100000]
Default Value: 100
Extra File Types
This is a map from file extension or wildcard to mime type. It adds additional file type mappings to those built into Wing IDE. File extensions can be specified alone without dot or wildcard, for example "xcf" or using wildcards containing "*" and/or "?", for example "Makefile*". The mime type to use for Python files is "text/x-python".
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > File Types > Extra File Types
Internal Name: main.extra-mime-types
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [text/x-smalltalk, text/x-sql, text/x-pov, text/x-ave, text/x-less, text/x-pl-sql, text/x-bash, text/x-java-source, text/x-lua-source, text/x-eiffel, text/x-vxml, text/x-lot, text/x-errorlist, text/x-caml, text/xml, text/x-octave, text/x-asn1, text/x-php-source, text/x-cython, application/x-tex, text/x-dos-batch, text/x-bullant, text/x-baan, text/x-python, text/x-mako, text/x-matlab, text/x-metaport, text/x-mmixal, text/x-nncrontab, text/postscript, text/x-django, text/x-cmake, text/x-erlang, text/x-javascript, text/x-scss, text/x-fortran, text/x-mysql, text/x-vhdl, text/x-escript, text/x-lisp, text/x-makefile, text/x-diff, text/x-haskell, text/x-ms-idl, text/x-cpp-source, text/x-asm, text/x-ruby, text/x-abaqus, text/x-ada, text/x-d, text/x-idl, text/x-nsis, text/x-scriptol, text/x-perl, text/x-po, text/x-docbook, text/x-rc, text/x-coffee, text/x-verilog, text/x-xcode, text/x-c-source, text/plain, text/x-spice, text/x-zope-pt, text/x-lout, text/x-hss, text/x-inno-setup, text/html, text/x-forth, text/x-tcl, text/x-qss, text/x-vb-source, text/x-pascal, text/x-yaml, text/x-conf, text/x-ms-makefile, text/x-properties, text/css, text/x-r]]
Default Value: {}
File Filters
Defines file filters to apply to file names for inclusion and exclusion from a larger set (such as scanned disk files or all project files).
Each filter is named and contains one list of inclusion patterns and one list of exclusion patterns. The patterns can be a wildcard on the file name, wildcard on a directory name, or a mime type name.
Only a single pattern needs to be matched for inclusion or exclusion. Exclusion patterns take precedence over inclusion patterns, so any match on an exclusion pattern will always exclude a file from the selected set. Filters are used in constraining search, adding project files, and for other operations on collections of files.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > File Types > File Filters
Internal Name: main.file-filters
Data Specification: [file filters]
Default Value: {u'All Source Files': (set([]), set([('wildcard-filename', '*.pyo'), ('wildcard-filename', '*$py.class'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.exe'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dsw'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bsc'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.lib'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bak'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tgz'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.sln'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.obj'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg'), ('wildcard-filename', 'core'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ilk'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.temp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.manifest'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pdb'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.log'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ncb'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.user'), ('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.so'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tmp'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyd'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.zip'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpu'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.a'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dll'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dsp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyc'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tar.gz'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.sbr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.o'), ('wildcard-filename', '*-old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.suo'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.vcproj')])), u'HTML and XML Files': (set([('mime-type', 'text/html'), ('mime-type', 'text/xml'), ('mime-type', 'text/x-zope-pt')]), set([('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'), ('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg')])), u'C/C++ Files': (set([('mime-type', 'text/x-c-source'), ('mime-type', 'text/x-cpp-source')]), set([('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'), ('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg')])), u'Hidden & Temporary Files': (set([('wildcard-filename', '*.pyo'), ('wildcard-filename', '*$py.class'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.exe'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bsc'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.lib'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bak'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tgz'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.obj'), ('wildcard-filename', 'core'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ilk'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.temp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pdb'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ncb'), ('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.so'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tmp'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyd'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.zip'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpu'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.a'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dll'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyc'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tar.gz'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.sbr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.o'), ('wildcard-filename', '*-old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn')]), set([])), u'Python Files': (set([('mime-type', 'text/x-cython'), ('mime-type', 'text/x-python')]), set([('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'), ('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg')]))}
External Check Freq
Time in seconds indicating the frequency with which the IDE should check the disk for files that have changed externally. Set to 0 to disable entirely.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Reloading > External Check Freq
Internal Name: cache.external-check-freq
Data Specification: <type int>, <type float>
Default Value: 5
Reload when Unchanged
Selects action to perform on files found to be externally changed but unaltered within the IDE. Use Auto Reload to automatically reload these files, Immediately Request Reload to ask via a dialog box upon detection, Requst Reload on Edit to ask only if the unchanged file is edited within the IDE subsequently, or Never Reload to ignore external changes (although you will still be warned if you try to save over an externally changed file)
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Reloading > Reload when Unchanged
Internal Name: cache.unchanged-reload-policy
Data Specification: [never-reload, auto-reload, request-reload, edit-reload]
Default Value: auto-reload
Reload when Changed
Selects action to perform on files found to be externally changed and that also have been altered in the IDE. One of Immediately Request Reload to ask via a dialog box upon detection, Request Reload on Edit to ask if the file is edited further, or Never Reload to ignore external changes (although you will always be warned if you try to save over an externally changed file)
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Reloading > Reload when Changed
Internal Name: cache.changed-reload-policy
Data Specification: [never-reload, request-reload, edit-reload]
Default Value: request-reload
Check Hash before Reloading
Don't reload files if size has not changed and a hash of the contents matches the hash when it was last read. This check is skipped if file is larger than 5 MB.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > Reloading > Check Hash before Reloading
Internal Name: cache.check-hash-before-reload
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
File Display Commands
Posix only: The commands used to display or edit local disk files selected from the Help menu or project files selected for external display. This is a map from mime type to a list of display commands; each display command is tried in order of the list until one works. The mime type "*" can be used to set a generic viewer, such as a web browser. Use %s to place the file name on the command lines. If unspecified then Wing will use the configured URL viewer in the environment (specified by BROWSER environment variable or by searching the path for common browsers). On Windows, the default viewer for the file type is used instead so this preference is ignored. On OS X, files are opened with "open" by default so this preference is rarely needed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > External Display > File Display Commands
Internal Name: gui.file-display-cmds
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [list of: <type str>]]
Default Value: {}
Url Display Commands
Posix only: The commands used to display URLs. This is a map from protocol type to a list of display commands; each display command is tried in order of the list until one works. The protocol "*" can be used to set a generic viewer, such as a multi-protocol web browser. Use %s to place the URL on the command lines. If unspecified then Wing will use the configured URL viewer in the environment (specified by BROWSER environment variable or by searching the path for common browsers). On Windows, the default web browser is used instead so this preference is ignored. On OS X, URLs are opened with "open" by default so this preference is rarely needed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Files > External Display > Url Display Commands
Internal Name: gui.url-display-cmds
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [list of: <type str>]]
Default Value: {}
Error Indicators
Controls whether Wing will show error and/or warning indicators on the editor as red and yellow underlines. When shown, hovering the mouse over the indicator shows the error or warning detail in a tooltip.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Error Indicators
Internal Name: edit.error-display
Data Specification: [show-errors, show-none, show-all]
Default Value: show-all
Show Line Numbers
Shows or hides line numbers on the editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Show Line Numbers
Internal Name: edit.show-line-numbers
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Show Whitespace
Set to true to show whitespace with visible characters by default
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Show Whitespace
Internal Name: edit.show-whitespace
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Show EOL
Set to true to show end-of-line with visible characters by default
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Show EOL
Internal Name: edit.show-eol
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Split Reuse Policy
Policy for reusing splits in editors when new files are opened: Either always open in current split, reuse already visible editor falling back on current split, reuse already visible editor falling back on adjacent split, or always open in an adjacent split. This only has an effect when more than one editor split is visible.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Split Reuse Policy
Internal Name: gui.split-reuse-policy
Data Specification: [current, reuse-adjacent, reuse-current, adjacent]
Default Value: current
Other Split Type
The type of split to create with commands that display in other split. The default is to split horizontally if the window width is greater than the height and to split vertically otherwise.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Other Split Type
Internal Name: edit.other-split-type
Data Specification: [<generator object <genexpr> at 0xb6cde34c>]
Default Value: None
Show All Files in All Splits
Whether to show all open editors in a window in every split.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Show All Files in All Splits
Internal Name: gui.all-editors-in-all-splits
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Strip Trailing White Space
Controls whether to automatically strip trailing white space in the editor. May be enabled for any file or only files that are part of the current project.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Strip Trailing White Space
Internal Name: main.auto-rstrip-on-save
Data Specification: [tuple length 2 of: [disabled, on-save-project, on-save], <type str>]
Default Value: disabled
Block Comment Style
Style of commenting to use when commenting out blocks of Python code.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Block Comment Style
Internal Name: gui.block-comment-style
Data Specification: [indented-pep8, indented, block]
Default Value: indented
Scroll Past End
Set this to allow scrolling the editor past the last line.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Scroll Past End
Internal Name: edit.scroll-past-end
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Ensure File Ends With EOL When Saving
Whether to add an eol at the end of the file when it is saved
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Ensure File Ends With EOL When Saving
Internal Name: edit.ensure-ending-eol-on-save
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Enable Font Size Zooming
Whether to allow font size zooming in the editor, using the mouse wheel, track pad, or zoom-in and zoom-out commands.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Enable Font Size Zooming
Internal Name: edit.enable-font-zoom
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Selection Color
The color used to indicate the current text selection on editable text.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Selection/Caret > Selection Color
Internal Name: gui.qt-text-selection-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Caret Color
Selects the color to use for the editor caret.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Selection/Caret > Caret Color
Internal Name: edit.caret-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Caret Width
Width of the blinking insertion caret on the editor, in pixels. Currently limited to a value between 1 and 3.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Selection/Caret > Caret Width
Internal Name: edit.caret-width
Data Specification: [from 1 to 3]
Default Value: 1
Caret Flash Rate (ms)
Sets the time in milliseconds between showing and hiding the caret when it is flashing; use 0 to disable flashing entirely
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Selection/Caret > Caret Flash Rate (ms)
Internal Name: edit.caret-flash-rate
Data Specification: [from 0 to 2000]
Default Value: 500
Caret Line Highlight
Selects whether to highlight the line the caret is currently on. When enabled, a highlight color and alpha (transparency) can be set.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Selection/Caret > Caret Line Highlight
Internal Name: edit.caret-line-highlight
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 2 of: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]], <type int>]]
Default Value: None
Use Indent Analysis
Select when to use indent analysis (examination of current file contents) in order to determine tab size and indent size. Either always in all files, only in Python files, or never.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Use Indent Analysis
Internal Name: edit.use-indent-analysis
Data Specification: [always, never, python-only]
Default Value: always
Default Tab Size
Set size of tabs, in spaces, used in new files. Note that in Python files that contain mixed space and tab indentation, tab size is always forced to 8 spaces. Use the Indentation Manager to alter indentation in existing files.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Default Tab Size
Internal Name: edit.tab-size
Data Specification: [from 1 to 80]
Default Value: 8
Default Indent Size
Sets size of an indent, in spaces, used in new files. This is overridden in non-empty files, according to the actual contents of the file. In files with tab-only indentation, this value may be modified so it is a multiple of the configured tab size. Use the Indentation Manager to alter indentation in existing files.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Default Indent Size
Internal Name: edit.indent-size
Data Specification: [from 1 to 80]
Default Value: 4
Default Indent Style
Set the style of indentation used in new files. This is overridden in non-empty files, according to the actual contents of the file. Use the Indentation Manager to alter indentation in existing files.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Default Indent Style
Internal Name: edit.indent-style
Data Specification: [mixed, spaces-only, tabs-only]
Default Value: spaces-only
Auto Indent
Controls when Wing automatically indents when return or enter is typed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Auto Indent
Internal Name: edit.auto-indent
Data Specification: [0, 1, blank-only]
Default Value: 1
Show Indent Guides
Set to true to show indent guides by default
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Show Indent Guides
Internal Name: edit.show-indent-guides
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Show Python Indent Warning Dialog
Set to show a warning dialog when opening a Python file that contains potentially problematic indentation: Either inconsistent and possibly confusing indentation, a mix of indent styles in a single file, or mixed tab and space indentation (which is not recommended for Python).
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Show Python Indent Warning Dialog
Internal Name: edit.show-python-indent-warnings
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Show Override Warning Dialog
Show indent mismatch warning dialog when user selects an indent style that is incompatible with existing file content. This only applies to non-Python files since Wing disallows overriding the indent style in all Python files.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Indentation > Show Override Warning Dialog
Internal Name: edit.show-non-py-indent-warning
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Wrap Long Lines
Enable to wrap long source lines on the editor display.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Line Wrapping > Wrap Long Lines
Internal Name: edit.wrap-lines
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Edge Markers
Control whether and how edge markers are shown in the editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Line Wrapping > Edge Markers
Internal Name: edit.qt-show-edge-markers
Data Specification: [tuple length 3 of: [0, 1, 2], [from 0 to 10000], [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]]
Default Value: (0, 80, None)
Reformatting Wrap Column
Column at which text should be wrapped by commands that automatically rearrange text
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Line Wrapping > Reformatting Wrap Column
Internal Name: edit.text-wrap-column
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 77
On Empty Selection
Controls whether or not to copy or cut the whole current line when there is no selection on the editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Clipboard > On Empty Selection
Internal Name: edit.smart-clipboard
Data Specification: [disabled, copy-cut, copy]
Default Value: copy
Middle Mouse Paste
Paste text into the editor from the clipboard when the middle mouse button is pressed. Disabling this is mainly useful for wheel mice with a soft wheel that causes pasting of text before wheel scrolling starts.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Clipboard > Middle Mouse Paste
Internal Name: edit.middle-mouse-paste
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Convert Indent Style On Paste
Controls whether Wing automatically converts indent style and size on text that is pastedinto an editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Clipboard > Convert Indent Style On Paste
Internal Name: edit.convert-indents-on-paste
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Adjust Indent After Paste
Controls whether Wing automatically adjusts indents after multi-line text is pasted. When enabled, a single undo will remove any alterations in indentation.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Clipboard > Adjust Indent After Paste
Internal Name: edit.adjust-indent-after-paste
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Background Color
Background color to use on the source editor, Python Shell, Debug Probe, Source Assistant, and other tools that display source code. Foreground colors for text may be altered automatically to make them stand out on the selected background color.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Syntax Coloring > Background Color
Internal Name: edit.background-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Syntax Formatting
Formatting options for syntax coloring in editors. Colors are relative to a white background and will be transformed if the background color is set to a color other than white.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Syntax Coloring > Syntax Formatting
Internal Name: .edit.syntax-formatting
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [dict; keys: [italic, back, fore, bold], values: [one of: None, <type str>, <boolean: 0 or 1>]]]
Default Value: {}
Highlight Builtins
Highlight Python builtins
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Syntax Coloring > Highlight Builtins
Internal Name: edit.highlight-builtins
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Highlight Occurrences
Selects when to automatically highlight other occurrences of the current selection on the editor
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Occurrences > Highlight Occurrences
Internal Name: edit.highlight-occurrences
Data Specification: [always, never, words]
Default Value: words
Match Case
Disable to allow occurrences highlighting also where case does not match.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Occurrences > Match Case
Internal Name: edit.match-case-occurrences
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Occurrences Indicator Style
The style of indicator to use for highlighting other occurrences of the current selection on the editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Occurrences > Occurrences Indicator Style
Internal Name: edit.occurrence-indicator-style
Data Specification: [box, block]
Default Value: block
Occurrences Color
The color used to indicate the current text selection on editable text.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Occurrences > Occurrences Color
Internal Name: edit.occurrence-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Bookmark Color
Color to use on the source editor to indicate the location of user-defined bookmarks.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Bookmarks > Bookmark Color
Internal Name: edit.qt-bookmark-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Bookmark Style
Visual display style to use for bookmarks: Either an underline, a background color change, or no visible marker.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Bookmarks > Bookmark Style
Internal Name: edit.bookmark-style
Data Specification: [underline, background, None]
Default Value: background
Enable Folding
Whether to enable folding source code.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Folding > Enable Folding
Internal Name: edit.enable-folding
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Line Mode
Whether and how to show a line at a collapsed fold point. Controls the position of the line and whether it is shown for collapsed or expanded fold points.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Folding > Line Mode
Internal Name: edit.fold-line-mode
Data Specification: [above-collapsed, above-expanded, none, below-collapsed, below-expanded]
Default Value: below-collapsed
Indicator Style
Selects the type of indicators to draw at fold points.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Folding > Indicator Style
Internal Name: edit.fold-indicator-style
Data Specification: [from 0 to 3]
Default Value: 1
Fold Trailing White Space
Controls whether or not trailing white space after a block of code is folded up along with the block, for a more compact folded display.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Folding > Fold Trailing White Space
Internal Name: edit.fold-trailing-whitespace
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Foreground Color
Color to use for the foreground of the fold indicators.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Folding > Foreground Color
Internal Name: edit.fold-mark-foreground-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Background Color
Color to use for the background of the fold indicators.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Folding > Background Color
Internal Name: edit.fold-mark-background-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Auto-show Completer
Controls whether or not the completer is always shown automatically during typing, never auto-shown, or shown only after a certain number of characters are in the completion fragment. When auto-show is disabled, the auto-completer can still be shown on demand with the Show Completer item in the Source menu.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Auto-show Completer
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-autoshow-option
Data Specification: [always, never]
Default Value: always
Auto-completer Height
The maximum number of lines to show in the auto-completer at once.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Auto-completer Height
Internal Name: edit.autocompleter-height
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 10
Auto-complete Delay (sec)
Delay in seconds from last key press to wait before the auto-completer is shown. If 0.0, the auto-completer is shown immediately.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Auto-complete Delay (sec)
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-delay
Data Specification: <type float>, <type int>
Default Value: 0.0
Auto-complete Timeout
Timeout in seconds from last key press after which the auto-completer is automatically hidden. If 0.0, the auto-completer does not time out.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Auto-complete Timeout
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-timeout
Data Specification: <type float>, <type int>
Default Value: 0
Completion Keys
Controls which keys will enter selected completion value into the editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Completion Keys
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-keys
Data Specification: [tuple of: [f1, f3, return, space, period, bracketleft, tab, f12, colon, f10, parenleft]]
Default Value: ['tab']
Completion Mode
Selects how completion is done in the editor: Either insert the completion at the cursor, replace any symbols that heuristically match the selected completion (and insert in other cases), or replace any existing symbol with the new symbol.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Completion Mode
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-mode
Data Specification: [replace-matching, insert, replace]
Default Value: insert
Case Insensitive Matching
Controls whether matching in the completer is case sensitive or not. The correct case is always used when a completion is chosen.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Case Insensitive Matching
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-case-insensitive
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Include Snippets in Completer
Whether or not to include code snippets in the auto-completer.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Include Snippets in Completer
Internal Name: edit.snippets-in-autocompleter
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Python Turbo Mode (Experimental)
When enabled, the Python auto-completer enters the completion automatically whenever a key other than a valid symbol name key is pressed. When disabled, only the configured completion keys enter the completion into the editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Python Turbo Mode (Experimental)
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-turbo-mode
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Non-Python Completion
Controls whether or not use the completer in non-Python files, where it uses a simple word list generated from the existing contents of the file. If enabled, the number of characters required before the completer is shown may be specified here.This value overrides any character threshold set above.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Non-Python Completion
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-non-python-option
Data Specification: [always, never]
Default Value: 3
Non-Python Word Size
Sets the minimum size of words to add to the completion list for non-Python files. This affects only words found in the file, and not words included because they are keywords for that file type.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-completion > Non-Python Word Size
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-non-python-word-size
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 4
Auto-Editing Enabled
Enable or disable Wing's auto-editing capability. When enabled, a default set of individual auto-editing operations (such as auto-closing quotes and parenthesis and auto-entering invocation arguments) will be activated. The individual operations can then be enabled or disabled independently in preferences.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Auto-Editing Enabled
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-enabled
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Auto-Close Characters
Enable to auto-close quotes, parenthesis, braces, comments, and so forth.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Auto-Close Characters
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-close
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Auto-Enter Invocation Args
Enable auto-entry of invocation arguments for a function or method call.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Auto-Enter Invocation Args
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-invoke
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Apply Quotes to Selection
Enable placing quotes around a non-empty selection.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Apply Quotes to Selection
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-quotes
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Apply Comment Key to Selection
Enable commenting out a non-empty selection when a comment character is pressed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Apply Comment Key to Selection
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-comment
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Apply (), [], and {} to Selection
Enable surrounding non-empty selection when a parenthesis is pressed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Apply (), [], and {} to Selection
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-parens
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Apply Colon to Selection
Enable creating a new block with a selected range of lines when colon is pressed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Apply Colon to Selection
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-colon-creates-block
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Auto-Enter Spaces
Enable auto-entering spaces around operators and punctuation.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Auto-Enter Spaces
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-spaces
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
** Auto-Space After Keywords**
Enable auto-entering spaces after keywords.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Auto-Space After Keywords
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-spaces-kw
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
** Enforce PEP8 Style Spacing**
When auto-entering spaces is enabled, enforce PEP8 style spacing by preventing redundant spaces.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Enforce PEP8 Style Spacing
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-spaces-enforce
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
** Spaces in Argument Lists**
When auto-entering spaces is enabled, also auto-enter spaces in argument lists.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Spaces in Argument Lists
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-spaces-args
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Manage Blocks on Repeated Colon Key Presses
Auto-enter newline and auto-indent after typing a colon that starts a new Python block and indent following line or block of lines when colon is pressed repeatedly. This also starts a new Python block using a selected range of lines as the body, if colon is pressed on a non-empty selection.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Manage Blocks on Repeated Colon Key Presses
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-colon
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Continue Comment or String on New Line
Automatically continue comments or strings in the form ("") or () after a newline is typed within the comment or string text
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Continue Comment or String on New Line
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-continue
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Correct Out-of-Order Typing
Automatically correct code when typing keys out of order. This handles cases such as x(.) -> x(). and x(:) -> x(): as well as auto-inserting . when missing
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Auto-editing > Correct Out-of-Order Typing
Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-fixups
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Orientation
Orientation of difference/merge views: Side-by-side or top/bottom
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Diff/Merge > Orientation
Internal Name: diff.orientation
Data Specification: [horizontal, vertical]
Default Value: horizontal
Lock Scrolling
Controls whether scrolling of the diff/merge editors is locked to synchronize the editor scroll positions.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Diff/Merge > Lock Scrolling
Internal Name: diff.scroll-lock
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Ignore White Space
Controls whether differences will ignore changes that alter white space only.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Diff/Merge > Ignore White Space
Internal Name: diff.ignore-whitespace
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Empty Session Warning
Controls whether to warn when changing white space filtering causes sessions to become empty of changes.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Diff/Merge > Empty Session Warning
Internal Name: diff.empty-session-warning
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Diff Color
Color to use on the source editor for differences during a diff/merge session. The current mark is drawn in a lighter version of the same color. The within-difference change indicators are drawn transparently with the color set in the Text Selection Color preference.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Diff/Merge > Diff Color
Internal Name: edit.qt-diff-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Merged Diff Color
Color to use on the source editor for already merged differences during a diff/merge session. The current mark is drawn in a lighter version of the same color. The within-difference change indicators are drawn transparently with the color set in the Text Selection Color preference.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Diff/Merge > Merged Diff Color
Internal Name: edit.qt-merged-diff-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Print Header Format
Set the header format to use for printing. This can be any text with any of the following special fields mixed in: %basename% - base file name; %prepend-fullpath% - full path file name; %prepend-relative% - relative path with from project file; %append-relative% - file name with relative path appended; %append-fullpath% - file name with full path appended; %file-time% - file modification time; %file-date% - file modification date; %current-time% - current time; %current-date% - current date; %page% - current page being printed
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Printing > Print Header Format
Internal Name: edit.print-header-format
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: %prepend-fullpath%
Print Footer Format
Set the footer format to use for printing. The values allowed are the same as those for print-header-format.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Printing > Print Footer Format
Internal Name: edit.print-footer-format
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: Page %page%, last modified %file-date% %file-time%
Print Header Font
Font to use in print header.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Printing > Print Header Font
Internal Name: edit.print-header-font
Data Specification: [None or <type str>]
Default Value: None
Print Footer Font
Font to use in print footer.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Printing > Print Footer Font
Internal Name: edit.print-footer-font
Data Specification: [None or <type str>]
Default Value: None
Use Default Foreground Colors
Use default foreground colors for all text when printing. This is necessary when using a dark background in the GUI and printing on white paper.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Printing > Use Default Foreground Colors
Internal Name: edit.use-default-foreground-when-printing
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Groups Shown
Controls which groups of menu items will be shown in the editor's context menu.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Context Menu > Groups Shown
Internal Name: edit.context-menu-groups
Data Specification: [tuple of: [comment, indent, clip, script, vcs, nav, debug]]
Default Value: ['clip', 'nav', 'debug', 'comment', 'indent', 'vcs', 'script']
Custom Items
Extra menu items to add to the editor context menu.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Context Menu > Custom Items
Internal Name: edit.context-menu-custom-items
Data Specification: [tuple of: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, <type str>]]
Default Value: ()
Brace Highlighting
Enabled to automatically highlight the matching braces next to the cursor or as they are typed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Advanced > Brace Highlighting
Internal Name: edit.auto-brace-match
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Maximum Non-Sticky Editors
Maximum number of non-sticky (auto-closing) editors to keep open at one time, in addition to any that are visible on screen
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Advanced > Maximum Non-Sticky Editors
Internal Name: gui.max-non-sticky-editors
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 1
Selection Policy
This controls whether to retain selection in the editor after certain operations. The editor may always select the text that was operated on, only retain existing selections, or never select after the operation completes.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Advanced > Selection Policy
Internal Name: edit.select-policy
Data Specification: [dict; keys: [(u'Indent Region', 'indent-region'), (u'Indent To Match', 'indent-to-match'), (u'Uncomment out Region', 'uncomment-out-region'), (u'Outdent Region', 'outdent-region'), (u'Comment out Region', 'comment-out-region')], values: [(u'Never Select', 'never-select'), (u'Retain Select', 'retain-select'), (u'Always Select', 'always-select')]]
Default Value: {'uncomment-out-region': 'retain-select', 'outdent-region': 'retain-select', 'comment-out-region': 'retain-select', 'indent-region': 'retain-select', 'indent-to-match': 'retain-select'}
Mini-search Case Sensitivity
Whether or not mini-search is case sensitive. May match the current keyboard personality's default, use case sensitive search only if an upper case character is typed, always search case sensitive, or always search case insensitively.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Advanced > Mini-search Case Sensitivity
Internal Name: edit.minisearch-case-sensitive
Data Specification: [always, never, if-upper, match-mode]
Default Value: match-mode
Symbol Menu Max Length
The maximum number of names allowed on a single symbol menu
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Advanced > Symbol Menu Max Length
Internal Name: .edit.max-symbol-menu-name-count
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 200
Ctrl-Click to Goto Definition
Enable pressing Ctrl-Click to goto definition in the editor, Python Shell, and Debug Probe.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Advanced > Ctrl-Click to Goto Definition
Internal Name: edit.enable-click-goto-definition
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Alt-Click or Meta-Click to Find Points of Use
Enable pressing Alt-Click or Meta-Click to find points of use in the editor.
Preferences Dialog Path: Editor > Advanced > Alt-Click or Meta-Click to Find Points of Use
Internal Name: edit.enable-click-find-uses
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Integer Display Mode
Select the display style for integer values.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Integer Display Mode
Internal Name: debug.default-integer-mode
Data Specification: [dec, hex, oct]
Default Value: dec
Hover Over Symbols
Enable to display debug data values for any symbol on the editor when the mouse cursor hovers over it.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Hover Over Symbols
Internal Name: debug.hover-over-symbols
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Hover Over Selection
Controls whether debug values are shown when the mouse hovers over a selection in the editor. This may be disabled, enabled for symbols (like x.y.z) only, or enabled for all selections including function or methods calls. WARNING: Enabling evaluation of any selection may result in function or method calls that have side effects such as altering the program state or even making unintended database or disk accesses!
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Hover Over Selection
Internal Name: debug.hover-over-selections
Data Specification: [0, 1, all]
Default Value: 1
Run Marker Color
The color of the text highlight used for the run position during debugging
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Run Marker Color
Internal Name: debug.debug-marker-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Run Marker Alpha
Select transparency (0-160) of the text highlight used for the run position during debugging
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Run Marker Alpha
Internal Name: debug.run-marker-alpha
Data Specification: [None or <type int>]
Default Value: None
Active Range Color
The color of the active range of code used for quick evaluation in the Python Shell or Debug Probe.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Active Range Color
Internal Name: debug.active-range-color
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]]
Default Value: None
Line Threshold
Defines the character length threshold under which a value will always be shown on a single line, even if the value is a complex type like a list or dict.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Line Threshold
Internal Name: debug.line-threshold
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 65
Indicate Project Files in Stack
Enable to indicate projects files in the the debug stack, in the stack selector, Stack Data, and Exception tools.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Indicate Project Files in Stack
Internal Name: debug.indicate-project-files
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Enable Multi-Process Debugging
Enable multi-process debugging. When disabled, Wing will only accept one debug connection at a time.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Enable Multi-Process Debugging
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-debug
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Switch to Stopped Processes
When to automatically switch the currently active debug process to a process that reaches a breakpoint or exception.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Switch to Stopped Processes
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-switch
Data Specification: [always, none, launched]
Default Value: launched
Debug Child Processes
Enable debugging sub-processes. When disabled, Wing will only debug the initially launched parent process.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Debug Child Processes
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-debug-sub-processes
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Replace sys.executable
Enable replacement of sys.executable so that processes launched using that value will be debugged. This must be enabled on Windows in order to debug child processes created with the multiprocessing module.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Replace sys.executable
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-replace-sys-executable
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Termination Model
How to terminate debug when a parent process or child process is terminated. A process group includes any all parent and child processes, up to the initially launched process, including also grand-children and any other descendent process.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Termination Model
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-kill-model
Data Specification: [leave-running, auto-kill-group, prompt, auto-kill]
Default Value: auto-kill-group
Maximum Process Count
Maximum number of debug processes that can connect to Wing at once. After the limit is reached, Wing accepts no additional connections until some processes detach or exit.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Maximum Process Count
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-maximum
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 50
Debug Multiple Tests at Once
Enable debugging more than one unit test at once. When enabled, the Debug/Abort button in the Testing tool alters according to which test is selected.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Debug Multiple Tests at Once
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-multiple-tests
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Debug Multiple Instances of a Named Entry Point
Enable debugging more than one instance of a named entry point. When disabled, any existing debug process for a named entry point will be terminated when it is debugged.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Processes > Debug Multiple Instances of a Named Entry Point
Internal Name: debug.multi-process-multiple-entry-points
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Report Exceptions
Controls how Wing reports exceptions that are raised by your debug process. By default, Wing shows exceptions at the time that the exception traceback would normally be printed. Alternatively, Wing can try to predict which exceptions are unhandled, and stop immediately when unhandled exceptions are raised so that any finally clauses can be stepped through in the debugger. Wing can also stop on all exceptions (even if handled) immediately when they are raised, or it can wait to report fatal exceptions as the debug process terminates. In the latter case Wing makes a best effort to stop before the debug process exits or at least to report the exception post-mortem, but one or both may fail if working with externally launched debug processes. In that case, we recommend using When Printed exception reporting mode.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Exceptions > Report Exceptions
Internal Name: debug.exception-mode
Data Specification: [unhandled, always, never, printed]
Default Value: printed
Report Logged Exceptions In When Printed Mode
Controls whether to stop on exceptions logged with logging.exception if the exception mode is set to 'When Printed'
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Exceptions > Report Logged Exceptions In When Printed Mode
Internal Name: debug.stop-on-logged-exception
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Never Report
Names of builtin exceptions to never report, even if the exception is not handled. This list takes precedence over the Always Report preference and the Report Exceptions preference when it is set to a value other than Always Immediately.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Exceptions > Never Report
Internal Name: debug.never-stop-exceptions
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ['SystemExit', 'GeneratorExit']
Always Report
Names of builtin exceptions to (nearly) always report. These exceptions are not reported only if they are explicitly caught by the specific subclass in the same frame in which they are raised.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Exceptions > Always Report
Internal Name: debug.always-stop-exceptions
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ['AssertionError']
Debug I/O Encoding
Encoding of input/output in the Debug I/O panel
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > I/O > Debug I/O Encoding
Internal Name: debug.debug-io-encoding
Data Specification: [None or [Central and Eastern European iso8859-2, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2004, Hebrew cp856, Japanese euc-jp, Vietnamese cp1258, Greek cp1253, Baltic Languages cp1257, Korean johab, Western European cp1252, Baltic Languages cp775, Japanese iso-2022-jp-ext, Korean iso-2022-kr, Icelandic cp861, Hebrew cp424, Cyrillic Languages cp1251, Turkish iso8859-9, Unicode (UTF-16, little endian) utf-16-le, Western European cp500, Chinese (PRC) gb18030, Greek cp875, Arabic cp864, Icelandic mac-iceland, Chinese (PRC) gbk, Turkish mac-turkish, Greek iso8859-7, Baltic Languages iso8859-13, Cyrillic Languages mac-cyrillic, Greek cp869, Turkish cp1254, Japanese iso-2022-jp-1, Central and Eastern European cp852, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2, Chinese (ROC) big5, Urdu cp1006, Hebrew iso8859-8, Celtic Languages iso8859-14, Thai cp874, Cyrillic Languages cp855, Western European iso8859-15, Greek mac-greek, Ukrainian koi8-u, Hebrew cp1255, Danish, Norwegian cp865, Cyrillic Languages iso8859-5, Turkish cp1026, Western European mac-roman, Western European cp1140, Chinese (PRC) hz, Portuguese cp860, Chinese (ROC) cp950, US, Canada, and Others cp037, Japanese shift-jis-2004, Console default (UTF-8), Japanese iso-2022-jp-3, Hebrew cp862, Western European latin-1, Japanese euc-jisx0213, Unicode (UTF-16, big endian) utf-16-be, Japanese euc-jis-2004, Japanese shift-jisx0213, Central and Eastern European cp1250, Baltic Languages iso8859-4, English ascii, Japanese shift-jis, None, Arabic iso8859-6, Canadian English/French cp863, Russian koi8-r, Japanese iso-2022-jp, Unicode (UTF-8) utf-8, Greek cp737, Nordic Languages iso8859-10, Central and Eastern European mac-latin2, Chinese (PRC) gb2312, Unicode (UTF-7) utf-7, Arabic cp1256, Chinese (PRC) big5hkscs, Western European cp850, Esperanto and Maltese iso8859-3, Turkish cp857, Korean cp949, US, Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa cp437, Unicode (UTF-16) utf-16, Japanese cp932]]
Default Value: None
Shell Encoding
Encoding of input/output in the integrated Python Shell and Debug Probe
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > I/O > Shell Encoding
Internal Name: debug.debug-probe-encoding
Data Specification: [None or [Central and Eastern European iso8859-2, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2004, Hebrew cp856, Japanese euc-jp, Vietnamese cp1258, Greek cp1253, Baltic Languages cp1257, Korean johab, Western European cp1252, Baltic Languages cp775, Japanese iso-2022-jp-ext, Korean iso-2022-kr, Icelandic cp861, Hebrew cp424, Cyrillic Languages cp1251, Turkish iso8859-9, Unicode (UTF-16, little endian) utf-16-le, Western European cp500, Chinese (PRC) gb18030, Greek cp875, Arabic cp864, Icelandic mac-iceland, Chinese (PRC) gbk, Turkish mac-turkish, Greek iso8859-7, Baltic Languages iso8859-13, Cyrillic Languages mac-cyrillic, Greek cp869, Central and Eastern European mac-latin2, Japanese iso-2022-jp-1, Central and Eastern European cp852, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2, Chinese (ROC) big5, Urdu cp1006, Hebrew iso8859-8, Celtic Languages iso8859-14, Thai cp874, Cyrillic Languages cp855, Western European iso8859-15, Greek mac-greek, Ukrainian koi8-u, Hebrew cp1255, Danish, Norwegian cp865, Cyrillic Languages iso8859-5, Turkish cp1026, Western European mac-roman, Western European cp1140, Chinese (PRC) hz, Portuguese cp860, Chinese (ROC) cp950, US, Canada, and Others cp037, Japanese shift-jis-2004, Turkish cp1254, Japanese iso-2022-jp-3, Hebrew cp862, Western European latin-1, Japanese euc-jisx0213, Unicode (UTF-16, big endian) utf-16-be, Japanese euc-jis-2004, Japanese shift-jisx0213, Central and Eastern European cp1250, Baltic Languages iso8859-4, English ascii, Japanese shift-jis, None, Use default stdin / stdout encoding, Canadian English/French cp863, Russian koi8-r, Japanese iso-2022-jp, Unicode (UTF-8) utf-8, Greek cp737, Nordic Languages iso8859-10, Arabic iso8859-6, Chinese (PRC) gb2312, Unicode (UTF-7) utf-7, Arabic cp1256, Chinese (PRC) big5hkscs, Western European cp850, Esperanto and Maltese iso8859-3, Turkish cp857, Korean cp949, US, Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa cp437, Unicode (UTF-16) utf-16, Japanese cp932]]
Default Value: None
Pretty Print in Shells
Enable to use pprint.pprint to display values in the Python Shell and Debug Probe.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > I/O > Pretty Print in Shells
Internal Name: debug.pretty-print-in-shells
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
OS Commands Encoding
Default encoding of sub-process input/output when run in the OS Commands panel. This can be overridden on a per-command basis, in each command's properties.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > I/O > OS Commands Encoding
Internal Name: consoles.encoding
Data Specification: [None or [Central and Eastern European iso8859-2, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2004, Hebrew cp856, Japanese euc-jp, Vietnamese cp1258, Greek cp1253, Baltic Languages cp1257, Korean johab, Western European cp1252, Baltic Languages cp775, Japanese iso-2022-jp-ext, Korean iso-2022-kr, Icelandic cp861, Hebrew cp424, Cyrillic Languages cp1251, Turkish iso8859-9, Unicode (UTF-16, little endian) utf-16-le, Western European cp500, Chinese (PRC) gb18030, Greek cp875, Arabic cp864, Icelandic mac-iceland, Chinese (PRC) gbk, Turkish mac-turkish, Greek iso8859-7, Baltic Languages iso8859-13, Cyrillic Languages mac-cyrillic, Greek cp869, Turkish cp1254, Japanese iso-2022-jp-1, Central and Eastern European cp852, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2, Chinese (ROC) big5, Urdu cp1006, Hebrew iso8859-8, Celtic Languages iso8859-14, Thai cp874, Cyrillic Languages cp855, Western European iso8859-15, Greek mac-greek, Ukrainian koi8-u, Hebrew cp1255, Danish, Norwegian cp865, Cyrillic Languages iso8859-5, Turkish cp1026, Western European mac-roman, Western European cp1140, Chinese (PRC) hz, Portuguese cp860, Chinese (ROC) cp950, US, Canada, and Others cp037, Japanese shift-jis-2004, Console default (UTF-8), Japanese iso-2022-jp-3, Hebrew cp862, Western European latin-1, Japanese euc-jisx0213, Unicode (UTF-16, big endian) utf-16-be, Japanese euc-jis-2004, Japanese shift-jisx0213, Central and Eastern European cp1250, Baltic Languages iso8859-4, English ascii, Japanese shift-jis, None, Arabic iso8859-6, Canadian English/French cp863, Russian koi8-r, Japanese iso-2022-jp, Unicode (UTF-8) utf-8, Greek cp737, Nordic Languages iso8859-10, Central and Eastern European mac-latin2, Chinese (PRC) gb2312, Unicode (UTF-7) utf-7, Arabic cp1256, Chinese (PRC) big5hkscs, Western European cp850, Esperanto and Maltese iso8859-3, Turkish cp857, Korean cp949, US, Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa cp437, Unicode (UTF-16) utf-16, Japanese cp932]]
Default Value: None
Use External Console
Selects whether to use the integrated Debug I/O tool for debug process input/output or an external terminal window. Use an external window if your debug process depends on details of the command prompt environment for cursor movement, color text, etc.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > I/O > Use External Console
Internal Name: debug.external-console
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
External Console Waits on Exit
Determines whether to leave up the console after normal program exit, or to close the console right away in all cases. This is only relevant when running with an external native console instead of using the integrated Debug I/O tool.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > I/O > External Console Waits on Exit
Internal Name: debug.persist-console
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
External Consoles
A list of the terminal programs that are used with debug processes when running with an external console. Each is tried in turn until one is found to exist. If just the name is given, Wing will look for each first on the PATH and then in likely places. Specify the full path (starting with "/") to use a specific executable. If program arguments are specified, they must end with the argument that indicates that the rest of arguments are the program to run in the terminal. If the program name starts with ${WINGHOME} , ${WINGHOME} is replaced by the Wing install directory. On OS X if the program name ends is .applescript, the environment is loaded from a file before starting the debugger.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > I/O > External Consoles
Internal Name: debug.x-terminal
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ['gnome-terminal "--title=Wing Debug Console" -x', 'xterm -T "Wing Debug Console" -e', 'konsole -T "Wing Debug Console" -e', 'rxvt -T "Wing Debug Console" -e']
Omit Types
Defines types for which values are never shown by the debugger.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Data Filters > Omit Types
Internal Name: debug.omit-types
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ('function', 'builtin_function_or_method', 'class', 'classobj', 'instance method', 'type', 'module', 'ufunc', 'wrapper_descriptor', 'method_descriptor', 'member_descriptor')
Omit Names
Defines variable/key names for which values are never shown by the debugger.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Data Filters > Omit Names
Internal Name: debug.omit-names
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ()
Do Not Expand
Defines types for which values should never be probed for contents. These are types that are known to crash when the debugger probes them because they contain buggy data value extraction code. These values are instead shown as an opaque value with hex object instance id and are never accessed for runtime introspection.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Data Filters > Do Not Expand
Internal Name: debug.no-probe-types
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ('GdkColormap', 'IOBTree', 'JPackage')
Huge List Threshold
Defines the length threshold over which a list, dict, or other complex type will be considered too large to show in the normal debugger. If this is set too large, the debugger will time out (see the Network Timeout preference)
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Data Filters > Huge List Threshold
Internal Name: debug.huge-list-threshold
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 2000
Huge String Threshold
Defines the length over which a string is considered too large to fetch for display in the debugger. If this is set too large, the debugger will time out (see the Network Timeout preference).
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Data Filters > Huge String Threshold
Internal Name: debug.huge-string-threshold
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 64000
Accept Debug Connections
Controls whether or not the debugger listens for connections from an externally launched program. This should be enabled when the debug program is not launched by the IDE.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > External/Remote > Accept Debug Connections
Internal Name: debug.passive-listen
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Allowed Hosts
Sets which hosts are allowed to connect to the debugger when it is listening for externally launched programs.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > External/Remote > Allowed Hosts
Internal Name: debug.passive-hosts
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ('127.0.0.1',)
Server Host
Determines the network interface on which the debugger listens for connections. This can be a symbolic name, an IP address, or left unspecified to indicate that the debugger should listen on all valid network interfaces on the machine. Note that when a debug session is launched from within the IDE (with the Run button), it always connects from the loopback interface (127.0.0.1)
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > External/Remote > Server Host
Internal Name: debug.network-server
Data Specification: [None or <type str>]
Default Value: None
Server Port
Determines the TCP/IP port on which the IDE will listen for the connection from the debug process. This needs to be unique for each developer working on a given host. The debug process, if launched from outside of the IDE, needs to be told the value specified here using kWingHostPort inside wingdbstub.py or by WINGDB_HOSTPORT environment variable before importing wingdbstub in the debug process.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > External/Remote > Server Port
Internal Name: debug.network-port
Data Specification: [from 0 to 65535]
Default Value: 50005
Location Map
Defines a mapping between the remote and local locations of files for host-to-host debugging. For each IP address, a remote and local prefix is given. This should be used when full paths of files on the remote host do not match those for the same files on the local host. Wing assumes an external file server or synchronization protocol is in use and does not itself transfer the files.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > External/Remote > Location Map
Internal Name: debug.location-map
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <ip4 address #.#.#.#>, values: [None or [list of: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, <type str>]]]]
Default Value: {'127.0.0.1': None}
Kill Externally Launched
Enable or disable the terminating debug processes that were launched from outside of the IDE. When disabled, Wing just detaches from the process, leaving it running.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > External/Remote > Kill Externally Launched
Internal Name: debug.enable-kill-external
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Common Attach Hosts
List of host/port combinations that should be included by default in the attach request list shown with Attach to Process in the Debug menu, in addition to those that are registered at runtime. These are used primarily with externally launched debug processes, since Wing automatically shows IDE-launched processes for attach when appropriate. This value corresponds with kAttachPort configured in wingdbstub.py or by WINGDB_ATTACHPORT environment variable before importing wingdbstub in the debug process.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > External/Remote > Common Attach Hosts
Internal Name: debug.attach-defaults
Data Specification: [tuple of: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, [from 0 to 65535]]]
Default Value: (('127.0.0.1', 50015),)
Network Timeout
Controls the amount of time that the IDE will wait for the debug process to respond before it gives up. This protects the IDE from freezing up if your program running within the debug process crashes or becomes unavailable. It must also be taken into account when network connections are slow or if sending large data values (see the Huge List Threshold and Hug String Threshold preferences).
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Network Timeout
Internal Name: debug.network-timeout
Data Specification: <type int>, <type float>
Default Value: 10
Resolve Properties
Set to show property values in the debug data views. This should be used with caution. It enables invocation of the fget() method on the property, which in some code bases can execute unwanted code, make unexpected changes to runtime state, hang on lengthy computations, trigger thread deadlocks, or crash on buggy user code while debug data is being displayed in the IDE.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Resolve Properties
Internal Name: debug.resolve-properties
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Allow Dynamic Introspection
Set to allow Python code and other dynamic calls to be invoked while introspecting values in the debugger, for display in the auto-completer, shells, and source assistant. This should be used with caution. In some code bases, enabling this can execute unwanted code, make unexpected changes to runtime state, hang on lengthy computations, trigger thread deadlocks, or crash on buggy user code, while working in the IDE.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Allow Dynamic Introspection
Internal Name: debug.allow-dynamic-introspection
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Call Python ____repr____ Methods
Allow __repr__ methodes implemented in Python to be invoked. Set to false if the __repr__ methods take too long to compute or fail due to other bugs
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Call Python ____repr____ Methods
Internal Name: debug.allow-bytecode-repr
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Show Data Warnings
Controls whether or not time out, huge value, and error handling value errors are displayed by the debugger the first time they are encountered in each run of Wing.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Show Data Warnings
Internal Name: debug.show-debug-data-warnings
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Ignore Unsynchronized Files
Controls whether or not Wing ignores files that were not saved before starting debug or that have changed since they were loaded by the debug process. Wing normally will warn of unsynchronized files since breakpoints may not be reached and stepping through the files may not work properly if lines have moved. Checking this option turns off these warnings.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Ignore Unsynchronized Files
Internal Name: gui.ignore-unsaved-before-action
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
Use sys.stdin Wrapper
Whether sys.stdin should be set a wrapper object for user input in the program being debugged. The wrapper allows debug commands, such as pause, to be executed while the program is waiting for user input. The wrapper may cause problems with multi-threaded programs that use C stdio functions to read directly from stdin and will be slower than the normal file object.However, turning this preference off means that your debug process will not pause or accept breakpoint changes while waiting for keyboard input, and any keyboard input that occurs as a side effect of commands typed in the Debug Probe will happen in unmodified stdin instead (even though output will still appear in the Debug Probe as always).
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Use sys.stdin Wrapper
Internal Name: debug.use-stdin-wrapper
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Show Editor on Exceptions in Shells
Controls whether the debugger raises source files to indicate exception locations encountered when working in the Debug Probe, and other debugger tools.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Show Editor on Exceptions in Shells
Internal Name: debug.raise-from-tools
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Shells Ignore Editor Modes
Set to False so that shells will act modal in the same way as editors when working with a modal key bindings such as that for VI. When True, the shells always act as if in Insert mode.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Shells Ignore Editor Modes
Internal Name: debug.shells-ignore-editor-modes
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Execute Pasted Lines in Shells Immediately
Whether to always execute immediately after text is pasted into a shell. Note that if the number of lines exceed the pasted line threshold, the lines are immediately executed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Execute Pasted Lines in Shells Immediately
Internal Name: debug.shell-always-execute-on-paste
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Auto-show Run Args Dialog
Controls whether the Debug Args dialog is shown before each debug run: Either never show the dialog or show it only if 'Show this dialog before each run' is checked in the file's properties (this is the default).
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Auto-show Run Args Dialog
Internal Name: debug.show-args-dialog
Data Specification: [per-file, never]
Default Value: per-file
When Build Fails
Controls whether to start debugging if the defined build process fails
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > When Build Fails
Internal Name: debug.debug-if-build-fails
Data Specification: [0, 1, None]
Default Value: None
Default Watch Style
Sets the tracking style used when a value is double clicked in order to watch it. Values may be tracked by symbolic name, by object reference and attribute by name, and by direct object reference.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Advanced > Default Watch Style
Internal Name: debug.default-watch-style
Data Specification: [ref, parent-ref, symbolic]
Default Value: symbolic
Debug Internals Log File
This is used to obtain verbose information about debugger internals in cases where you are having problems getting debugging working. Logging can be disabled, or sent to stderr, stdout, or a file.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Diagnostics > Debug Internals Log File
Internal Name: debug.logfile
Data Specification: [one of: None, [<stdout>, <stderr>], <type str>]
Default Value: None
Extremely Verbose Internal Log
This is used to turn on very verbose and detailed logging from the debugger. Only recommended when debugging the debugger.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Diagnostics > Extremely Verbose Internal Log
Internal Name: debug.very-verbose-log
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Python Shell Debug Log
This is used to obtain verbose information about the Python Shell internals in cases where you are having problems getting it working. Logging can be disabled, or sent to stderr, stdout, or a file.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Diagnostics > Python Shell Debug Log
Internal Name: debug.shell-logfile
Data Specification: [one of: None, [<stdout>, <stderr>], <type str>]
Default Value: None
Extremely Verbose Python Shell Debug Log
This is used to turn on very verbose and detailed logging from the Python Shell internals. Only recommended when debugging the Python Shell.
Preferences Dialog Path: Debugger > Diagnostics > Extremely Verbose Python Shell Debug Log
Internal Name: debug.very-verbose-shell-log
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Analyze in Background
Whether Wing should try to analyze python source in the background.
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Analyze in Background
Internal Name: pysource.analyze-in-background
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Introspect Live Runtime
Set to introspect live Python runtimes for information displayed in autocompletion, the Source Assistant, and debug data value tooltips. Runtimes introspected include the Python Shell and live debug processes stopped at an exception or breakpoint.
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Introspect Live Runtime
Internal Name: debug.introspect-in-shells
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
Typing Suspend Timeout
Number of seconds between last key press and when analysis is re-enabled if analysis is to be suspended while typing occurs. If <= 0, analysis is not suspended.
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Typing Suspend Timeout
Internal Name: edit.suspend-analysis-timeout
Data Specification: <type int>, <type float>
Default Value: 3
Max Cache Size (MB)
The maximum size of the disk cache in megabytes
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Max Cache Size (MB)
Internal Name: pysource.max-disk-cache-size
Data Specification: [from 100 to 10000]
Default Value: 500
Max Memory Buffers
The maximum # of analysis info buffers that can be in-memory at once for files that are not open.
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Max Memory Buffers
Internal Name: pysource.max-background-buffers
Data Specification: [from 50 to 300]
Default Value: 80
Interface File Path
Path to search for interface files for extension modules. If directory name is relative, it will be interpreted as relative to the user settings directory (USER_SETTINGS_DIR)
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Advanced > Interface File Path
Internal Name: pysource.interfaces-path
Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]
Default Value: ('pi-files',)
Scrape Extension Modules
Enable to automatically load and introspect extension modules and other modules that cannot be statically analysed. These modules are loaded in another process space and 'scraped' to obtain at least some analysis of the module's contents.
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Advanced > Scrape Extension Modules
Internal Name: pysource.scrape-modules
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Scraping Helper Snippets
This is a dictionary from module name to Python code that should be executed before attempting to load extension modules for scraping. This is needed in cases where the extension modules are designed to be loaded only after some configuration magic is performed. For most extension modules, no extra configuration should be needed.
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Advanced > Scraping Helper Snippets
Internal Name: pysource.scrape-config
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <type str>]
Default Value: {'QtSvg': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtSvg\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtSvg\n except:\n from PySide import QtSvg\n', 'QtWidgets': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtWidgets\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtWidgets\n except:\n from PySide import QtWidgets\n', 'wxpython': 'pass', 'QtHelp': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtHelp\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtHelp\n except:\n from PySide import QtHelp\n', 'gdk': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n try:\n pygtk.require(v)\n break\n except:\n pass\n', 'QtGui': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtGui\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtGui\n except:\n from PySide import QtGui\n', '_gst': 'from gst import _gst', 'gtk': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n try:\n pygtk.require(v)\n break\n except:\n pass\n', 'QtXml': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtXml\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtXml\n except:\n from PySide import QtXml\n', 'QtWebKit': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtWebKit\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtWebKit\n except:\n from PySide import QtWebKit\n', 'QtScriptTools': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtScriptTools\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtScriptTools\n except:\n from PySide import QtScriptTools\n', 'QtSql': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtSql\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtSql\n except:\n from PySide import QtSql\n', 'Qt': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import Qt\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import Qt\n except:\n from PySide import Qt\n', 'QtAssistant': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtAssistant\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtAssistant\n except:\n from PySide import QtAssistant\n', 'QtXmlPatterns': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtXmlPatterns\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtXmlPatterns\n except:\n from PySide import QtXmlPatterns\n', 'QtDeclarative': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtDeclarative\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtDeclarative\n except:\n from PySide import QtDeclarative\n', 'QtDesigner': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtDesigner\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtDesigner\n except:\n from PySide import QtDesigner\n', 'pango': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n try:\n pygtk.require(v)\n break\n except:\n pass\n', 'QtOpenGL': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtOpenGL\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtOpenGL\n except:\n from PySide import QtOpenGL\n', 'QtUiTools': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtUiTools\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtUiTools\n except:\n from PySide import QtUiTools\n', 'QSci': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QSci\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QSci\n except:\n from PySide import QSci\n', 'atk': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n try:\n pygtk.require(v)\n break\n except:\n pass\n', 'QtTest': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtTest\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtTest\n except:\n from PySide import QtTest\n', 'QtScript': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtScript\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtScript\n except:\n from PySide import QtScript\n', 'gobject': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n try:\n pygtk.require(v)\n break\n except:\n pass\n', 'QtCore': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtCore\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtCore\n except:\n from PySide import QtCore\n', 'QtNetwork': 'try:\n from PyQt4 import QtNetwork\nexcept:\n try:\n from PyQt5 import QtNetwork\n except:\n from PySide import QtNetwork\n'}
Python Docs URL Prefix
Prefix for Python Standard Library Documentation. This should be in the form http://docs.python.org/library/ and Wing will append module and symbol specific to the given URL. To use locally stored documentation, you must run a local web server since # bookmarks do not work in file: URLs.
Preferences Dialog Path: Source Analysis > Advanced > Python Docs URL Prefix
Internal Name: pysource.python-doc-url-prefix
Data Specification: [None or <type int>]
Default Value: None
Enable built-in version control
Enable the integrated version control system.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Enable built-in version control
Internal Name: versioncontrol.enable-non-script
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Save files without prompting
Save without prompting before running version control commands.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Save files without prompting
Internal Name: versioncontrol.save-without-prompting
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Track changes made in project tool
Track file add, remove, and rename operations made with Wing's Project view into the version control repository.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Track changes made in project tool
Internal Name: versioncontrol.track-disk-operations
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Automatically refresh status
Watch disk for version control changes and refresh the Project view and Project Status accordingly.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Automatically refresh status
Internal Name: versioncontrol.watch-disk
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Enable diagnostic logging
Log all commands to the error-log.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Enable diagnostic logging
Internal Name: versioncontrol.log-all-commands
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
Active
When Subversion version control support is active
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > SVN > Active
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.svn.active
Data Specification: [(u'Always Active', 'always-active'), (u'Not active', 'not-active'), (u'Active if used by project directories', 'active-if-project-dir')]
Default Value: active-if-project-dir
SVN Executable
Executable command to run Subversion
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > SVN > SVN Executable
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.svn.executable
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: svn
SVN Admin Executable
Executable command to run svn
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > SVN > SVN Admin Executable
Internal Name: versioncontrol.svn.svnadmin-executable
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: svnadmin
Extra global arguments
Extra arguments to pass to every command.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > SVN > Extra global arguments
Internal Name: versioncontrol.svn.extra-global-args
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: ""
Active
When Git version control support is active
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Git > Active
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.git.active
Data Specification: [(u'Always Active', 'always-active'), (u'Not active', 'not-active'), (u'Active if used by project directories', 'active-if-project-dir')]
Default Value: active-if-project-dir
Git Executable
Executable command to run Git
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Git > Git Executable
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.git.executable
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: git
Use --porcelain
Use --porcelain output for git status
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Git > Use --porcelain
Internal Name: versioncontrol.git.use-porcelain
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Active
When Bazaar version control support is active
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > BZR > Active
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.bzr.active
Data Specification: [(u'Always Active', 'always-active'), (u'Not active', 'not-active'), (u'Active if used by project directories', 'active-if-project-dir')]
Default Value: active-if-project-dir
Bazaar Executable
Executable command to run Bazaar
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > BZR > Bazaar Executable
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.bzr.executable
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: bzr
Active
When Mercurial version control support is active
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Mercurial > Active
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.hg.active
Data Specification: [(u'Always Active', 'always-active'), (u'Not active', 'not-active'), (u'Active if used by project directories', 'active-if-project-dir')]
Default Value: active-if-project-dir
Mercurial Executable
Executable command to run Mercurial
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Mercurial > Mercurial Executable
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.hg.executable
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: hg
Extra global arguments
Extra arguments to pass to every command.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Mercurial > Extra global arguments
Internal Name: versioncontrol.hg.extra-global-args
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: --encoding=utf8
Active
When CVS version control support is active
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > CVS > Active
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.cvs.active
Data Specification: [(u'Always Active', 'always-active'), (u'Not active', 'not-active'), (u'Active if used by project directories', 'active-if-project-dir')]
Default Value: active-if-project-dir
CVS Executable
Executable command to run CVS
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > CVS > CVS Executable
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.cvs.executable
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: cvs
Extra global arguments
Extra arguments to pass to every command.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > CVS > Extra global arguments
Internal Name: versioncontrol.cvs.extra-global-args
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: -z3
Active
When Perforce version control support is active
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Perforce > Active
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.perforce.active
Data Specification: [(u'Always Active', 'always-active'), (u'Not active', 'not-active'), (u'Active if used by project directories', 'active-if-project-dir')]
Default Value: not-active
Perforce Executable
Executable command to run Perforce
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Perforce > Perforce Executable
Internal Name: .versioncontrol.perforce.executable
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: p4
Extra Global Arguments
Extra arguments to pass to every command.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Perforce > Extra Global Arguments
Internal Name: versioncontrol.perforce.extra-global-args
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: ""
Don't Find Unregistered Files
Don't find unregistered files when scanning for file status. This can substantially reduce the time to scan large repositories.
Preferences Dialog Path: Version Control > Perforce > Don't Find Unregistered Files
Internal Name: versioncontrol.perforce.dont-find-unregistered
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
Search Path
Specifies the directories in which Wing will look for user-defined scripts that extend the functionality of the IDE itself. The directory names may contain environment variables in the $(envname) form. Use $(WING:PROJECT_DIR) for the project directory.For each directory, Wing will load all found Python modules and packages, treating any function whose name starts with a letter (not _ or __) as a script-provided command. Extension scripts found in files within directories later in the list will override scripts of the same name found earlier, except that scripts can never override commands that are defined internally in Wing itself (these are documented in the Command Reference in the users manual). See the Scripting and Extending chapter of the manual for more information on writing and using extension scripts. Note that WINGHOME/scripts is always appended to the given path since it contains scripts that ship with Wing.
Preferences Dialog Path: IDE Extension Scripting > Search Path
Internal Name: main.script-path
Data Specification: [list of: <type str>]
Default Value: [u'USER_SETTINGS_DIR/scripts']
Auto-Reload Scripts on Save
When enabled, Wing will automatically reload scripts that extend the IDE when they are edited and saved from the IDE. This makes developing extension scripts for the IDE very fast, and should work in most cases. Disable this when working on extension scripts that do not reload properly, such as those that reach through the scripting API extensively.
Preferences Dialog Path: IDE Extension Scripting > Auto-Reload Scripts on Save
Internal Name: main.auto-reload-scripts
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
HTTP Proxy Server
Allows manual configuration of an http proxy to be used for feedback, bug reports, and license activation, all of which result in Wing connecting to wingware.com via http. Leave user name and password blank if not required.
Preferences Dialog Path: Network > HTTP Proxy Server
Internal Name: main.http-proxy
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 4 of: <type str>, <type int>, <type str>, <type str>]]
Default Value: None
main.debug-break-on-critical
If True and a gtk, gdk, or glib critical message is logged, Wing tries to start a C debugger and break at the current execution point
Internal Name: main.debug-break-on-critical
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
main.documentation-language
The language to use for the documentation, when available (not all documentation is translated into all supported languages).
Internal Name: main.documentation-language
Data Specification: [de, en, fr, None]
Default Value: en
main.extra-mime-type-comments
This is a map from mime type to tuple of start/end comment characters for each mime type. One entry should be added for each new mime type added with the main.extra-mime-types preference.
Internal Name: main.extra-mime-type-comments
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, <type str>]]
Default Value: {}
main.extra-mime-type-names
This is a map from mime type to displayable name for that mime type; one entry should be added for each new mime type added with the main.extra-mime-types preference.
Internal Name: main.extra-mime-type-names
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <type str>]
Default Value: {}
main.help-font-zoom
The amount by which to zoom font sizes in or out in the documentation viewer.
Internal Name: main.help-font-zoom
Data Specification: <type float>
Default Value: 1.0
main.ignored-updates
Used internally to keep track of updates the user is not interested in
Internal Name: main.ignored-updates
Data Specification: [list of: <type str>]
Default Value: []
main.plugin-overrides
Defines which plugins are enabled or disabled.
Internal Name: main.plugin-overrides
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <boolean: 0 or 1>]
Default Value: {}
main.sassist-allow-pep287-errors
Whether show docstrings as ReST even if they contain parse errors. When disabled, they are shown as plain text instead. When enabled, this may destroy formatting of some docstrings.
Internal Name: main.sassist-allow-pep287-errors
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
main.sassist-always-show-docstrings
Whether to always show docstrings in the Source Assistant. When disabled, only the docstring for the last displayed symbol is shown.
Internal Name: main.sassist-always-show-docstrings
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
main.sassist-tries-rewrap
Whether to rewrap plain text docstrings for display in the Source Assistant. This may destroy formatting of some docstrings.
Internal Name: main.sassist-tries-rewrap
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
main.sassist-show-validity
Whether show docstring type and validity in the Source Assistant.
Internal Name: main.sassist-show-validity
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
main.sassist-tries-pep287
Whether to try parsing docstrings as ReST format for display in the Source Assistant. This may destroy formatting of some docstrings.
Internal Name: main.sassist-tries-pep287
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
gui.alphabetize-tabs
Whether to keep tabs in alphabetical order.
Internal Name: gui.alphabetize-tabs
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
gui.feedback-email
Email address to use by default in the Feedback and Bug Report dialogs
Internal Name: gui.feedback-email
Data Specification: <type str>
Default Value: ""
gui.last-feedback-shown
Used internally to avoid showing the feedback dialog on exit over and over again.
Internal Name: gui.last-feedback-shown
Data Specification: <type float>
Default Value: 0.0
gui.message-config
Controls the format and verbosity of messages shown to the user for each message domain in the message area. Each domain specifies the format (in Python 2.3 logging.Formatter format), and the minimum logging level that should be shown in the display. If a message domain is left unspecified, then the parent domain settings are used instead ("" is the parent of all domains).
Internal Name: gui.message-config
Data Specification: [dict; keys: [search, debugger, analysis, general, project, editor, scripts, browser], values: [tuple length 3 of: <type str>, [0, 40, 30], <type int>]]
Default Value: {'': ('%(message)s', 0, 100000)}
gui.more-controls-for-search-in-files
Controls whether "Search in Files" dialog has an extra row of visible options as buttons.
Internal Name: gui.more-controls-for-search-in-files
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
gui.prefered-symbol-order
Control preferred order in source index displays such as the editor browse menus. Either sort in the order found in the file or alphabetical order.
Internal Name: gui.prefered-symbol-order
Data Specification: [file-order, alpha-order]
Default Value: alpha-order
gui.qt-osx-key-for-alt
Selects the key to use as the Alt- modifier in key bindings. Note that the Option key is also used to enter characters, such as ® on US keyboards or ] on German keyboards. When the Option key is used for the Alt key, Alt-key bindings take precedence and thus may block entering of characters with the Option key. If both functions are needed, use the left Option key for the Alt-key and enter characters with the right Option key. If the Command keys are used for the Alt key, any Alt-key bindings will override Command-key bindings for the same key.
Internal Name: gui.qt-osx-key-for-alt
Data Specification: [both-option-keys, command-keys, left-option-key, none]
Default Value: left-option-key
guimgr.quit-on-last-window-close-osx
Quit application when last document window closes
Internal Name: guimgr.quit-on-last-window-close-osx
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
gui.reported-exceptions
Used internally to remember which unexpected exceptions have already been reported so we only show error reporting dialog once for each.
Internal Name: gui.reported-exceptions
Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <boolean: 0 or 1>]]
Default Value: {}
gui.scan-for-pythoncom-shell-extensions
Scan for pythoncom shell extensions on Windows
Internal Name: gui.scan-for-pythoncom-shell-extensions
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
gui.set-win32-foreground-lock-timeout
Controls whether or not to set the foreground lock timeout on Windows XP, where normally Wing will be unable to bring source windows to front whenever the debug process has windows in the foreground. When this preference is true, the system-wide value that prevents background applications from raising windows is cleared whenever Wing is running. This means that other apps will also be able to raise windows without these restrictions while Wing is running. Set the preference to false to avoid this, but be prepared for windows to fail to raise in some instances. Note: If Wing is terminated abnormally or from the task manager, the changed value will persist until the user logs out.
Internal Name: gui.set-win32-foreground-lock-timeout
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
gui.show-feedback-dialog
Whether feedback dialog is shown to user on quit.
Internal Name: gui.show-feedback-dialog
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
gui.startup-show-wingtips
Controls whether or not the Wing Tips tool is shown automatically at startup of the IDE.
Internal Name: gui.startup-show-wingtips
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
gui.work-area-rect
Rectangle to use for the IDE work area on screen. All windows open within this area. Format is (x, y, width, height), or use None for full screen.
Internal Name: gui.work-area-rect
Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 4 of: <type int>, <type int>, <type int>, <type int>]]
Default Value: None
consoles.auto-clear
Automatically clear the OS Commands consoles each time the command is re-executed
Internal Name: consoles.auto-clear
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
edit.autocomplete-autoshow
Controls whether or not the completer is shown automatically during typing. When disabled, it can still be shown on demand with the Show Completer item in the Source menu.
Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-autoshow
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
edit.fold-mime-types
Selects the mime types for which folding should be allowed when folding in general is enabled.
Internal Name: edit.fold-mime-types
Data Specification: [list of: <type str>]
Default Value: ['text/x-python', 'text/x-c-source', 'text/x-cpp-source', 'text/x-java-source', 'text/x-javascript', 'text/html', 'text/x-mako', 'text/x-django', 'text/xml', 'text/x-zope-pt', 'text/x-eiffel', 'text/x-lisp', 'text/x-ruby', 'text/x-cython']
edit.gtk-input-method
Input method used for typing characters. This is important primarily for non-Western European languages.
Internal Name: edit.gtk-input-method
Data Specification: []
Default Value: default
consoles.wrap-long-lines
Wrap long output lines in OS Commands tool to fit within available display area.
Internal Name: consoles.wrap-long-lines
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
consoles.python-prompt-after-execution
Drop into Python shell after executing any Python file in the OS Commands tool
Internal Name: consoles.python-prompt-after-execution
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
edit.sassist-font-zoom
The amount by which to zoom font sizes in or out in the Source Assistant.
Internal Name: edit.sassist-font-zoom
Data Specification: <type float>
Default Value: 1.0
edit.symbol-find-alpha-sort
Controls whether to sort Find Symbol dialog alphabetically or in natural file order
Internal Name: edit.symbol-find-alpha-sort
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
edit.symbol-find-include-args
Controls whether to include argument specs in the searchable text used in the Find Symbol dialog
Internal Name: edit.symbol-find-include-args
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
proj.follow-editor
Controls whether or not the IDE will follow the current editor by expanding the project tree to show the file open in the editor.
Internal Name: proj.follow-editor
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
proj.follow-selection
Controls whether or not the IDE will follow the current project manager selection by opening the corresponding source file in a non-sticky (auto-closing) editor. In either case, the project manager will always open a file in sticky mode when an item is double clicked or the Goto Source context menu item is used.
Internal Name: proj.follow-selection
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
proj.open-from-project-full-paths
Match fragments to full path of the file name, rather than just the file name. Full path matching still occurs when the path separation character is included in the search pattern.
Internal Name: proj.open-from-project-full-paths
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
debug.auto-clear-debug-io
Enable to automatically clear the Debug I/O tool each time a new debug session is started
Internal Name: debug.auto-clear-debug-io
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
debug.auto-show-debug-io
Controls whether and when to automatically show the Debug I/O tool when it receives output.
Internal Name: debug.auto-show-debug-io
Data Specification: [False, True, first]
Default Value: 1
debug.debug-io-history
Enable to maintain a history of Debug I/O, up to the number configured in the Files > Max Recent Items preference.
Internal Name: debug.debug-io-history
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
debug.debug-io-history
Enable to include child processes in the process selector popup.
Internal Name: debug.debug-io-history
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
debug.debug-shells
Enables debugging code executed in the Python Shell orDebug Probe.
Internal Name: debug.debug-shells
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
debug.default-python-exec
Sets the default Python Executable to use for debugging and source code analysis. This can be overridden on a project by project basis in Project Properties.
Internal Name: debug.default-python-exec
Data Specification: [None or <type str>]
Default Value: None
debug.filter-shell-history
Enable to filter shell history traversal when something is entered prior to starting traversal. When enabled, Wing will only show history items starting with the text between the start of the current item and the caret.
Internal Name: debug.filter-shell-history
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False
main.launch-shared-file
Selects the file to use for storing and retrieving shared launch configurations. By default the file 'launch' in the user settings directory is used.
Internal Name: main.launch-shared-file
Data Specification: [one of: <type NoneType>, <type str>]
Default Value: None
debug.prompt-to-restart-python-shell-debug
Whether to prompt when restarting the Python Shell as a result of restarting debugging.
Internal Name: debug.prompt-to-restart-python-shell-debug
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: True
debug.recursive
Enables recursive debugging in the Python Shell andDebug Probe.
Internal Name: debug.recursive
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
debug.shell-auto-restart-before-eval
Auto-restart the Python Shell before a file is evaluated within it. When this is disabled, be aware that previously defined symbols will linger in the Python Shell environment.
Internal Name: debug.shell-auto-restart-before-eval
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
debug.shell-eval-whole-lines
Evaluate whole lines from editor rather than the exact selection, when a selection from the editor is sent to the Python Shell tool.
Internal Name: debug.shell-eval-whole-lines
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
debug.shell-pasted-line-threshold
The number of lines after which the Python Shell will just print a summary rather than the actual lines of code pasted, dragged, or other transferred to the shell.
Internal Name: debug.shell-pasted-line-threshold
Data Specification: <type int>
Default Value: 30
debug.show-exceptions-tip
Used internally to show information about exception handling to new users. Once turned off, it is never turned on again
Internal Name: debug.show-exceptions-tip
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
debug.stop-timeout
Number of seconds to wait before the debugger will stop in its own code after a pause request is received and no other Python code is reached.
Internal Name: debug.stop-timeout
Data Specification: <type float>, <type int>
Default Value: 3.0
debug.use-members-attrib
Set this to true to have the debug server use the __members__ attribute to try to interpret otherwise opaque data values. This is a preference because some extension modules contain bugs that result in crashing if this attribute is accessed. Note that __members__ has been deprecated since Python version 2.2.
Internal Name: debug.use-members-attrib
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 1
debug.warn-stale-shell
Enable to display a dialog when the Python Shell state no longer matches the configured Python Executable and/or Python Path.
Internal Name: debug.warn-stale-shell
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
debug.wrap-debug-io
Enables line wrapping in the integrated Debug I/O tool.
Internal Name: debug.wrap-debug-io
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
debug.wrap-debug-probe
Enables line wrapping in the Debug Probe.
Internal Name: debug.wrap-debug-probe
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
debug.wrap-python-shell
Enables line wrapping in the Python Shell.
Internal Name: debug.wrap-python-shell
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: 0
pysource.use-sqllite-dotfile-locking
Use slower, dotfile locking for sqllite databases to work around buggy remote file servers. Only needed if the user cache directory is on a remote file system or can be accessed via a remote file system. It is recommended that the user cache directory be on the local file system for performance reasons.
Internal Name: pysource.use-sqllite-dotfile-locking
Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>
Default Value: False