Differences
This shows you the differences between the selected revisions of the page.
| 2015-03-20 | 2015-03-20 | ||
| no summary (41.182.128.160) (hidden) | Restored revision 1424263210. Undoing revision 1426845684. (martin) (hidden) | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | ====== Internal Text Editor ====== | ||
| + | WinSCP has an integrated simple text editor you can use to [[task_edit|edit remote or local text files]]. If you want to use a more complex editor or edit binary files, you need to [[ui_pref_editor#preference|set up external editor]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | &screenshotpict(editor) | ||
| + | |||
| + | The editor capabilities are similar to those of Notepad (simple editor shipped with Windows): | ||
| + | * Clipboard operations: Copy (''Ctrl+C''), Cut (''Ctrl+X''), Paste (''Ctrl+V''). | ||
| + | * Undo (''Ctrl+Z''), Redo (''Ctrl+Y''). | ||
| + | * [[ui_editor_find|Find]] (''Ctrl+F''), [[ui_editor_replace|Replace]] (''Ctrl+H''), Find next (''F3''). | ||
| + | * Go to line number (''Ctrl+G''). | ||
| + | * Save (''Ctrl+S''). | ||
| + | * Reload (''Ctrl+R'') | ||
| + | |||
| + | Use //Encoding// drop down menu to change encoding used when loading the file. Default encoding to use can be set in [[ui_pref_editor|preferences]] and is also governed by presence of UTF-8 BOM in the file. When you change file encoding, the file is reloaded, discarding any changes you have made. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Use //Color// drop down menu to change background color of the editor. This is useful when you have many editors opened. Editor opens with [[task_connections#session_color|color of the session]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | When you save the remote file, WinSCP starts an [[task_upload|upload]]. | ||
| Behavior of internal text editor can be configured in [[ui_pref_editor|preferences]]. | Behavior of internal text editor can be configured in [[ui_pref_editor|preferences]]. | ||