The Text editor workspace

Application

Use the Text editor workspace to create and edit text files.

Description of function

The Text editor workspace is available in the Editor operating mode.

By default, the control opens the following file types in the Text editor workspace:

  • Text files, such as *.txt
  • Example: measuring logs output with FN 16

  • Format files, such as *.a
  • Example: format file for FN 16

Outputting text formatted with FN 16: F-PRINT

 
Tip

Refer to your machine manual.

In the machine parameter standardEditor (no. 102902), the machine manufacturer defines the default editor to be used for the file types (e.g., the Text editor).

Select the Open in text editor function in the context menu of the Files operating mode to open any file type in the Text editor workspace.

Context menu in the Files operating mode

File types

Icons in the Text editor workspace

The following icons are shown in the Text editor workspace:

Icon or shortcut

Meaning

CTRL + F

Show or hide the Line number

Activate or deactivate the Line break

When activating the Line break, the control will automatically add line breaks in the text.

The control adapts the text length to the workspace size. The text is not truncated, but wraps to the next line, as indicated by the missing line number in the first line.

Show or hide the Formatting characters

If you show formatting characters, the control will replace blanks with symbols, such as dots, for the space characters.

If you show formatting characters, the control will display the following icons:

Icon

Meaning

Blank space

Tabulator

When you press the TAB key during text entry, the control will insert a blank up to the next tab stop (the maximum is a whole tab width). The tab width can be defined in the editor settings.

End of line

The control indicates the line end by an LF symbol.

If Line break is active, the text contents of a text line may be distributed to several lines, depending on the workspace width. This symbol indicates the actual end of the text line.

 
Tip

The control also supports the CR LF or CR line ends, which might be included in transmitted files.

The line break behavior is always identical, independent of which symbol is displayed.

NC editor settings

In the NC editor settings window, you can influence contents shown in the Text editor workspace as well as the control's behavior there. The selected settings are modally effective.

The General information area

The General information area contains the following settings:

Setting

Meaning

Automatic saving

Save changes made to the file automatically or manually

If this toggle switch is active, the control will save the file automatically when you do the following:

  • Close the file
  • Navigate to another tab
  • Activate another operating mode

If the toggle switch is not active, you must save manually. Upon the stated actions, the control asks whether the changes should be saved.

Replace tabs with blanks

If this toggle switch is active, the control will insert a predefined number of blanks instead of a tab character.

Tab width

Number of characters or number of blanks for a tab until the tab stop

 
Tip

If you change the width, the control will also change the width of the existing tabs.

If you inserted blanks instead of a tab character, the control will not update their number after a change of the width.

Notes

  • If you mark characters through touch operation, the control displays two marker symbols below the cursor.
  • In order to avoid undesired edits to a file, open it in the Document workspace.
  • The Document workspace