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Tips and tricks. Part VIII. Plugins and settings

This article explains how to change the general parameters of Aml Pages.

See also: Part 6 | Part 7 | Эта стаьтя на русском

Text Editor background picture

By default, Aml Pages uses the text editor background picture. The general view of the text editor is shown in the figure below. But the tastes are different. Many people prefer to use a different background picture or disable it at all. You can disable the background picture by unchecking the "View \ Background picture" menu.

Disabling the text editor background picture
Fig. Disabling the text editor background picture
In some cases the text editor can work much faster without a background picture. Besides, a background picture can be the reason of flickering when scrolling text. To change the user interface themes, use the Themes plugin.

Hot news [20/01/2025 13:09] Aml Pages 10.02 build 2973 released.
You can download English version with installer or portable versions (learn more about portable version).
For other language versions - see here.

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What`s new in the version (click to enlarge)
Aml Pages: Plain text allow to apply simple formatting
Fixed: node text was not saved when temporarily removing the "Read-only" document mode.
fixes in the text editor: looping of link highlighting, syntax highlighting, drawing of bookmarks after scrolling the text with the mouse wheel (the entire visible range of text was parsed, drawn and highlighted indefinitely/forever);
added: double-clicking the mouse in an empty area of the main Aml Pages window switches the main window to maximized mode or back from maximized;
added the command line switch "/nodelay";
fixed flickering of the tree panel when gaining or losing focus (only the selected tree node is invalidated);
added extended tooltip with tips to the menu command "Insert\Date and Time";
Added background asynchronous loading of text templates when starting Aml Pages.
Added new version of Aml Assist 3.61 plugin has been added (adding text to the nodes, including source URL). Double clicking on a node in the tree activates the text editor (right panel).
The plugin Aml2Dropbox 2.68 released.
Critical bug fix: excessive CPU usage when the Nodes Tabs bar (top nodes bar) is enabled.
Added: text templates supports autotext now.
Added new version of plugin AutoReplace 2.16 (fixed: does not save setting after OK in the dialog, fixed: running the plugin in a hyperlinks).
New feature: plain text formatting. What does this mean? Now You can uses a simple formatting for nodes of plain text: font and him attributes (bold, italic, underline and etc), font size, colors of background and text, can uses format styles and many more.
See the What's New section for a full list of changes, or you can view it from Aml Pages itself.

Autocomplete text

Aml Pages includes the popular plugin Aml Auto Completion. This plugin offers word completion options when you type the text. You can use the option Take words from the text. In this case plugin offers words completion based on the text you have already typed. If this option is disabled plugin uses only suggest words explicitly specified by you.
You can switch the autocomplete plugin by option "Autocomplete ON".

How to switch the autocomplete plugin
Fig. How to switch the autocomplete plugin.

Appearance

By default, Aml Pages also has a non-controversial appearance: light text on a dark background in the tree, and traditional black text on a white background in the text editor. Well, the colors are each in his own way. So, you can instantly change the color scheme by using the plugin Themes: you can choose any scheme you like from the "View \ Themes" menu.

The standard color scheme of Aml Pages
Fig. The standard color scheme of Aml Pages

The White color scheme by Themes plugin
Fig. The White color scheme by Themes plugin

Use the latest Themes plugin to control the look of Aml Pages and select user interface themes.

Here are three easy ways to change the most basic parameters of Aml Pages. Any questions? Ask us in support.

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