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## Preferences

You can edit the user preferences in the Preferences dialog. It can be accessed by using Edit → Preferences....

### General Preferences

Figure 5.1. General Preferences

Default Layout

Layout File

  The layout file to use when opening a new tab. If it is left empty a default will be used.

Use layout of currently active tab if any

  If it is checked, Bless will try to use the layout of the currently active tab for new tabs. If there are no open tabs, Bless will use the file from the "Layout File" preference.

Misc

Default edit mode

  The edit mode new tabs will be placed in (Insert or Overwrite).

Temporary Directory

  The directory to save temporary files into (leave blank for default eg /tmp). When a file is saved, it is saved into this directory and then moved to its final position.

### Undo Preferences

Figure 5.2. Undo Preferences

Undo Limit

Limit to X actions

  Limit the number of actions that can be undone to X actions.

Unlimited Undo

  Don't limit the number of actions that can be undone.

Keep Undo History After Save

Always

  Always keep undo history after a file is saved.

  ### Warning

  When dealing with large amounts of undo data this option may fill up all memory and cause a severe degradation of system performance.
What fits in main memory

  Only keep the part of the history that fits in main memory (RAM).

Never

  Never keep undo history after a file is saved.

### Session Preferences

Figure 5.3. Session Preferences

Load previous session on startup

  Whether the previous session (the state of Bless at the time of the last quit) should be loaded on startup. The state includes all open files, the focused tab, the focused area in each file, the cursor position in each file and the window geometry.

Ask before loading session

  Ask before loading session on startup.

Remember cursor position

  Whether Bless should remember and restore the position of the cursor in each of the loaded files when loading the previous session.

Remember window geometry

  Whether Bless should remember and restore the window size when loading the previous session.

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