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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 [02/ноября/2023 12:14] Aml Pages 9.99 build 2937 released.
You can download English version with installer or portable versions (how to use Aml Pages as portable).

Also You can download localized versions of Aml Pages: German, French, Italian, Portuguesze Brazilan, Russian, Ukrainian and etc.
Aml Pages: Plain text allow to apply simple formatting What`s new in the version
Added menu command "View\Toolbars\Bottom Pane".
Added command line key "/open_rootID" (when opening documents, activate the root node).
Added background asynchronous loading of text templates when starting Aml Pages.
Faster opening of the page text when clicking on a node in the tree.
Added new version of Aml Assist 3.55 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).
Critical bug fix: excessive CPU usage when the Nodes Tabs bar (top nodes bar) is enabled.
Added: text templates supports autotext now.
Added: new macros $WEEKNUM$, $WEEKNUM02$ into text templates (the week number).
Added: when highlighting hyperlinks, the final quotes (',") are considered as the end of the link. "Pin" command added to the context menu above subpanel icons in the bottom panel (returns the panel to the bottom of the Aml Pages main window). Fixed: crash when opening a page\document by clicking on a bookmark in the History panel in an empty created document when starting Aml Pages.
Added new version of plugin AutoReplace 2.14 (fixed: does not save setting after OK in the dialog). Added new version of plugin Aml Assist 3.54. Added new version of plugin ChangeLog 1.32.
Now the upper node tabs bar History also saves non-pinned bookmarks between sessions.
Changed: show tab in pane History on selection of tree node. Added: export of documents into XML: nodes dates, colors, comments and many more.
Fixed: hyperlinks highlighting in text editor by Aml Pages. Changed: the setting "Scroll first\last lines in text editor" enabled as default.
Added: tabs to the demo-document (sample.apd) into Tabs bar (mode History, one time only). Added: new version of demo-document (sample.apd).
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.
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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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