preferences

Description

Opens the Scilab Preferences window.

Examples

preferences()

// Targeting a chosen section:
jdeff org.scilab.modules.preferences.XConfigManager openPreferences prefs; // once for all
prefs general/shortcuts
prefs scinotes/display

Edit your main user's preferences file (you should not change its content by hand):

scinotes SCIHOME/XConfiguration.xml readonly

How to get some configuration values: Example : Retrieve from the main configuration file the status of the ask-for-confirmations:

xmlGetValues("//general/confirmation-dialogs/body/tools/tool",["id" "state"])

--> xmlGetValues("//general/confirmation-dialogs/body/tools/tool",["id" "state"])
 ans  =
!console-exit         unchecked  !
!delete-history-item  unchecked  !
!console-clear        unchecked  !

See also

• xmlGetValues — Parses and gets values of chosen tags attributes in a XML file
• xmlSetValues — Sets some attribute=value in an XML document for a given tag/XPath
• ieee — sets or gets the floating point exception mode
• format — set the default output format of decimal numbers
• lines — sets and queries the display width and pagination for the console
• mode — sets or queries the mode echoing Scilab instructions in the console
• funcprot — switch scilab functions protection mode
• setdefaultlanguage — sets the language of the session at startup and for some fixed Scilab menus
• setlookandfeel — sets the current default look and feel.
• printsetupbox — Display print dialog box.
• recursionlimit — get or set the current or maximal allowed depth of nested calls
• odeoptions — set options for ode solvers
• csvDefault — Get or set defaults behavior for csv files.
• xlfont — load a font in the graphic context or query loaded font
• startup — startup files
• atomsGetConfig — Get ATOMS system parameters

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