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The SDL Suite Specific Preferences
These preferences are only available for the SDL Suite tools.
SDL Editor Preferences
The Beige color used has the RGB values: (255, 249, 242)
If the Additional Heading symbol should be shown only on the first page.
If a new window should be opened or not when opening an SDL diagram. See Always new Window.
The maximum number of initial diagram pages searched by the word completion operation.
The font face to use when displaying text in text symbols on screen and in print.
The height of text in symbols (except kernel heading symbols and page name symbols) on flow diagrams, and text symbols and signal list symbols on interaction diagrams.
The height of text in kernel heading symbols, page name symbols and text objects on interaction diagrams (exception from text symbols and signal list symbols). See Default Font Sizes.
If the text in the task, procedure call, macro call, create request and save symbol should be left aligned.
If the text cursor (vertical bar) should blink in the drawing area.
If the Grammar Help window is to be opened automatically at start-up.
The distance between the The Frame and the left boundary of the drawing area.
The distance between the The Frame and the lower boundary of the drawing area.
The distance between the The Frame and the right boundary of the drawing area.
The distance between the The Frame and the upper boundary of the drawing area.
If the Operator reference symbol should be available or not in the symbol menu. (The symbol is an SDL Suite specific extension to Z.100.)
If added SDL pages should be autonumbered (1, 2,... N). See The Autonumbered Option.
When two pages are given the same name X, their default names will be X_1 and X_2. The character used for enumeration can be any of `_', `.', `#', `@', `$' or `|'.
Printing SDL symbols with an appearance that complies to Z.100.
The distance between the The Frame and the left boundary of the drawing area.
The distance between the The Frame and the lower boundary of the drawing area.
The distance between the The Frame and the right boundary of the drawing area.
The distance between the The Frame and the upper boundary of the drawing area.
The default height for symbols on flow pages. (The width / height relationship is fixed to 2:1.)
The temporary background color to use for visited SDL symbols during SDL trace.
Displaying SDL symbols on screen with an appearance that complies to Z.100.
If printer page breaks should be visible or not on the screen.
If the signal declaration should be shown in the message area for a selected signal name.
If a Signal Dictionary window should be opened automatically upon start of the SDL Editor.
If the Signal Dictionary option All should be enabled by default.
If the Signal Dictionary option Down should be enabled by default.
If the Signal Dictionary option External should be enabled by default.
If the Signal Dictionary option MSC should be enabled by default.
If the Signal Dictionary option This should be enabled by default.
If the Signal Dictionary option Up should be enabled by default.
Enables or disables the syntactic checking performed by the SDL Editor at editing time.
If the tab key invokes word completion or produces a tab character.
The name of the file containing the grammar templates used by the Grammar Help window.
If the flipped text extension symbol should be available in the symbol menu.
Maximum number of characters per line in comment symbols after tidy up
Insert extra space after a symbol attached to a large comment or text extension, to avoid overlapping any comment or text extension attached to the next symbol.
Format text in input and output symbols using newline characters and text extension symbols, to try to avoid text outside the symbol.
Place comment symbols to the left of the symbols that they are attached to.
Generate automatic names for all labels. The names are generated from the closest available statename. If the preference is off the names for the already existing labels will be preserved and new generated labels will have names LblNNN.
OM/SC/HMSC/MSC/DP Editor Preferences
If an endpoint should be automatically added on new class symbols.
If an endpoint should be automatically added on a new object symbol.
If a new window should be opened or not when opening a diagram. See Always new Window.
If added pages should be autonumbered (1, 2,... N). See Autonumbered.
If the text cursor (vertical bar) should blink in the drawing area.
The horizontal spacing unit between instances. See Spacing.
The presence of an Instance Ruler in the MSC Editor window.
If an Instance Ruler should be included on the printed pages.
The vertical spacing unit between instances. See Spacing.
If printer page breaks should be visible or not on the screen.
The height of text in symbols (except heading symbols and page name symbols) and line attributes, except for names of symbols.
Index Viewer Preferences
Which SDL entities to be hidden by default in the Filter Types dialog. The entities should be entered as a number of text strings, separated by spaces.
The layout of SDL entity information. The alternatives are Compact, VerticalCompact, HorizontalDetailed and Detailed.
If diagrams specified with FilterDiagrams should be shown or hidden.
If types specified with FilterTypes should be shown or hidden.
If uses specified with FilterUses should be shown or hidden.
Type Viewer Preferences
The default value for the Instance symbols option defined in the List Options.
The default value for the Name option defined in the Symbol Options.
The default value for the Qualifier option defined in the Symbol Options.
The default value for the Type option defined in the Symbol Options.
Coverage Viewer Preferences
Which option to select by default between Show symbols executed >= threshold and Show symbols executed <= threshold (on means >=).
Whether to fill symbols or not when displaying a coverage tree.
Which option to select by default between Normal line thickness and Logarithmic line thickness (off means normal).
The default value for the parameter Max line thickness.
Which option to select by default between Transition Coverage and Symbol Coverage (on means transition).
Which option to select by default between Show visibility line and Hide Visibility line (on means show).
The default value for the parameter Threshold.
SDL Overview Generator Preferences
The default value for the option Distance between Lines.
The default value for the option Distance between Symbols.
The default value for the option Use Expanded Diagrams Only.
The default value for the option Include Lines.
The default value for the option Include Procedures & Operators.
The default value for the option Include States.
The default value for the parameter Margin.
The default value for the option Minimum Symbol Height.
The default value for the option Minimum Symbol Width.
The size of textual elements in Overview diagrams. See Default Font Sizes.
The default value for the SDL Editor option Show line names.
The default value for the SDL Editor option Show signal lists.
The size of textual elements in Overview diagrams. See Default Font Sizes.
Simulator GUI Preferences
What file containing Button definitions to load by default.
What file containing Command definitions to load by default.
Makes the line "unexpected" appear in the "command statistics" when running Simulator test scripts.
If this preference is set and an unexpected signal is detected before the current signal is checked, then it will be reported.
What file containing Variable definitions to load by default.
Maximum number of retries of next-transition and output-to, when output-to fails during simulator script execution.
Maximum number of characters in the simulator UI text log. A value of 0 means "no limit".
SDL Explorer GUI Preferences
What file containing Button definitions to load by default.
What file containing Command definitions to load by default.
What file containing Variable definitions to load by default.
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