Scripting Guide - SAS

54 Scripting Tools Chapter 4
Using the Script Editor
Preference
Use tabs
Tab width
Extra space at bottom
of document
Auto-complete
parentheses and
braces
Show line numbers
Show indentation
guides
Show operator tips
Show variable value
tips
Wrap Text
Spaces inside
parentheses
Spaces in operator
names
Color selection
Description
Select this option to enable tabs in your scripts. This option is selected by
default.
Clear this option to replace any tab that you type with spaces.
Enter how many spaces a tab should indent. If you have disabled tabs, any
tab you type is replaced with the number of spaces specified. The default
value is 4.
Select this option to enable scrolling up from the last blank lines of a script.
This option is selected by default on Windows and deselected on
Macintosh.
Select this option to enable the script editor to automatically add closing
parentheses, square brackets, and curly braces when you type an opening
one. This option is selected by default.
Select this option to show the line numbers on the left side of the script
editor. This option is cleared by default.
Select this option to see faint vertical lines that mark indention. This option
is selected by default.
Select this option to see tooltips for JSL operators. This option is selected by
default.
Select this option to see tooltips for variable values. This option is selected
by default.
Select this option to always wrap text in the script editor. This option is off
by default.
Select this option to cause the script editor to add spaces between
parentheses, brackets, and braces and their contents for automatically
formatted scripts. This is on by default.
Select this option to cause the script editor to add spaces between words
within operator names. For example, turning on this option results in
New Window instead of NewWindow. This option is selected by default.
To set your own color for any of the listed types, click the color box and
select your color.