AccuRev Preferences
(Tools > Preferences Command)The Tools > Preferences command opens a tabbed dialog, in which you can manage a set of parameters that influence the way the AccuRev looks and works. The preferences you set here apply only to you. They are stored in file preferences.xml, in subdirectory .accurev of your home directory. (By default, AccuRev determines your home directory by making a call to the operating system. If environment variable ACCUREV_HOME is set, AccuRev uses the value of this variable as your home directory.)Controls the automatic inclusion of an Edit Form pane below the Query Results pane in a AccuWork Queries tab. The contents of the issue record that is currently selected in the Query Results pane is automatically displayed in the Edit Form pane.The toolbar of the Query Results pane includes aShow Issue Form button, which toggles the inclusion of the Edit Form pane.
Despite the name "Preview", the Edit Form pane is fully functional: you can revise, save, and export the contents of issue records in this pane.Note: This option will be disabled if your AccuRev Java client is configured to display issues in the AccuRev Web UI. This will be the case if:Controls whether the Update or Update Preview dialog includes a scrollable text field that displays the names of up to 2000 elements that are being updated (or would be updated).After the command finishes its work, a complete log is always available, through the View Full Log button in the dialog.Controls whether the File Browser's Details pane includes files and directories that have not been placed under version control (Add to Depot command). This setting applies only when you're working in the Folders pane.Controls whether the AccuRev GUI prompts for confirmation when you invoke the File > Exit command or attempt to shut the GUI window.If this preference is cleared, the data displayed on a "buried" GUI tab is automatically refreshed, if necessary, when you switch to that tab. The AccuRev GUI signals that a refresh is necessary with a"refresh" icon next to the tab title.
If this preference is checked, the data on a "buried" tab is not refreshed automatically when you switch to it. Use the View > Refresh command (or function key F5) to refresh the data.Controls whether the session file in the .accurev subdirectory of your home directory will be deleted when you end the AccuRev GUI session. This file is created by the Tools > Login command, and is used by other AccuRev commands to establish your identity (and the identity of your client machine).Causes the Update command to use the same pathname optimization that is used by certain File Browser searches.Enables the Update command to perform a merge operation on text file elements that are not in a workspace's default group, but have (overlap)(modified) status. The merges are performed and the Update proceeds only if for all such files, the merge is completely automatic (there are no conflicting changes).Controls how element pathnames are displayed in tables: in a single Element column, or in separate Name and In Folder columns.
• Close all other tabs open in the AccuRev GUI (by right-clicking on a tab and choose Close Others, for example)
• Click the Show All Streams button in the StreamBrowser, which is an operation that can take a long time depending on the size and complexity of your stream hierarchyThe full pathname of the web browser to be used for displaying the GUI’s context-sensitive help screens. This field also determines what web browser to use if your client is configured to work with the AccuRev Web User Interface (Web UI).The Diff/Merge tab allows you to specify supported third-party tools to use with AccuRev. Note: Any tools that you specify must be defined in your PATH variable before launching the Java GUI. If you specify a tool and it does not work, this is the most common cause.Specifies the graphical file-comparison tool to be invoked by the GUI's Diff command. You can choose AccuRev's own tool or one of the supported third-party tools from the combo-box. Alternatively, you can type a command line to be executed when the Diff command is invoked. This command line must include substitution patterns:%1% Quoted pathname of the first version to be compared.%2% Quoted pathname of the second version to be compared.Make sure the file-comparison tool is located in a directory on your search path. Alternatively, use a full pathname to specify the file-comparison tool. Examples:Ignore Whitespace causes all SPACEs, TABs, and empty lines to be ignored, and thus overrides any setting of Ignore Changes in Whitespace.Ignore Changes in Whitespace applies only where whitespace already exists; it does not apply where new whitespace is introduced or existing whitespace has been completely deleted.
[ ] Ignore Changes in Whitespace
[ ] Ignore Changes in Whitespace Changing preferences does not automatically affect Diff tabs that are currently open. To apply the preferences, refresh the tab in any of these ways:
• Run the View > Refresh command on the GUI window's main menu.
• Specifies the graphical text-file merge tool by be invoked by the GUI's Merge command. This command line must include substitution patterns:%a% quoted filename of the closest common ancestor version.%2% quoted filename of the version in the workspace.%3% unquoted title string for the closest common ancestor version (can be displayed by text-file-merge tool).%4% unquoted title string for the backing-stream version (can be displayed by text-file-merge tool).Make sure the text-file-merge tool is located in a directory on your search path. Alternatively, use a full pathname to specify the text-file-merge tool.No. You're free to use a 2-way merge tool, which takes into account the two contributor versions only, not any of their ancestors.But even if you don't use a 3-way merge tool, AccuRev records the merge operation (which appears as a red line in the Version Browser). Future merges involving this element can use this record to simplify the work needed to perform a 3-way merge.(AccuRev's graphical Diff and Merge tools only) The number of spaces to be displayed for each TAB character.(AccuRev's graphical Diff and Merge tools only) Specifies the character encoding of the contributor versions: either UTF-8 or the operating system default.(AccuRev's graphical Diff tool only) Controls whether whitespace is taken into account when comparing text lines.(AccuRev's graphical Diff tool only) Controls whether a change in the amount of whitespace in a text line is considered to be a change to that line.(AccuRev's graphical Diff and Merge tools only) Controls whether uppercase and lowercase characters are considered to be the same when comparing text lines.Specifies the mode that a new Version Browser tab begins in. Basic mode displays "important" versions only, for example omitting intermediate versions in workspace streams. Expanded mode displays all versions. Buttons at the bottom of the Version Browser tab switch between the two display modes.How many of the most recent transactions (and equivalently, versions) a new Version Browser should display. Controls in the Version Browser toolbar change this count.Controls whether the StreamBrowser includes a current development activity control (or
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) for each stream and workspace with active elements. Disabling this feature can significantly improve StreamBrowser performance.
Controls the inclusion in the StreamBrowser toolbar of controls that enable you to "turn back the clock", viewing a depot's stream hierarchy as it existed at any point in the past. You must refresh any existing StreamBrowser tabs to make a new setting effective.
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