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3.2Host IDE Customization
Once Code Composer Studio has been properly configured and launched, you can customize several general IDE options.
3.2.1Default Colors and Faults
Selecting the menu options Option→Customize→Font→Editor Font and Option→Customize→Editor Color allows you to modify the default appearance (or View Setup) in the CodeWright text editor ( Section 4.2.2).
Selecting the menu options Option→Customize→Font →Tools Font and Option→Customize→Tools Color allows you to modify the default appearance for various IDE tool windows.
3.2.2Default Keyboard Shortcuts
The default IDE has more than 80 predefined keyboard shortcuts that can be modified. New keyboard shortcuts can be created for any editing or debugging commands that can be invoked from a document window. To assign keyboard shortcuts:
1. Select Option→Customize.
Figure 3-4. Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts
2.In the Customize dialog box, select the Keyboard tab to view the following options:
–Filename. The standard keyboard shortcuts file is displayed by default. To load a previous keyboard configuration file (*.key), enter the path and filename, or navigate to the file.
–Commands. Select the command you want to assign to a keyboard shortcut.
–Assigned Keys. Displays the keyboard shortcuts that are assigned to the selected command.
–Add. Click the Add button to assign a new key sequence for invoking the selected command. In the Assign Shortcut dialog box, enter the new key sequence, and then click OK.
–Remove. To remove a particular key sequence for a command, select the key sequence in the Assigned Keys list and click the Remove button.
–Default Keys. Immediately reverts to the default keyboard shortcuts.
–Save As. Click the Save As button to save your custom keyboard configuration in a file. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the location where you want to save your configuration, name the keyword configuration file, and click Save.
3.Click OK to exit the dialog box.
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3.2.3Other IDE Customizations
∙Specify the number of recent files or projects on the File menu by selecting Option→Customize→File Access.
∙Remember a project'sactive directory by selecting Option→Customize→File Access. When you switch projects, you can specify whether the IDE will start you inside the directory of your active project or inside the last directory you used.
∙Set what kind of information (processor type, project name, path, etc.) appears in the title bar by selecting Option→Customize→Control Window Display.
∙Set default closing options by selecting Option→Customize→Control Window Display. You can specify that the IDE should automatically close all windows when you close a project. Or you can choose to close all projects whenever you close a control window.
∙Customize the code window using CodeWright (see Section 4.2.2).
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