Open / Save Preferences

Open

The following options apply to opening files:

Lock local resources - When this option is enabled and you open a file from the local file system or a shared network drive, Oxygen XML Editor locks the file for the current user and the file cannot be modified by other users while the lock exists. However, other users are offered the possibility to edit the file, but without overwriting it. If they decide to continue, they will be asked to save the changes in a different file or drop them. Newly created files are locked when you first save them. If you enable this option with files already opened in Oxygen XML Editor, it will lock all the currently opened files. If you disable this option with files already opened, it will unlock them by deleting the corresponding .lock files.
Support for Special Characters section - You can choose how you want Oxygen XML Editor to handle bidirectional text, Asian languages, or other special characters when they are detected. You can choose one of the following:
- Enable support for special characters
- Disable support for special characters
- Prompt for each document
Disable special characters support for documents larger than (characters) - Enabling bidirectional text editing support can affect performance on large files. When this option is selected, bidirectional editing is disabled for files exceeding the specified size, even if the Enable support for special characters option is selected.

Save

The following options apply to saving files:

Safe save (only for local files) - In the unlikely event of a failure of the Save action, this option provides increased protection from corruption of the original file. When this option is enabled, it saves the content to a temporary file and if the save is unsuccessful, the editor preserves its unsaved state status.
Make backup copy on save (only for local files) - If selected, a backup copy is made when saving the edited document. This option is available only for local files (files that are stored on the local file system). The default backup file extension is .bak, but that can be changed.
Enable automatic save - When selected, your documents are saved automatically, after a preset time interval.
Automatic save interval (minutes) - Selects the interval, in minutes, for the automatic save action.
Check errors on save - If enabled, Oxygen XML Editor runs a validation that checks your document for errors before saving it.
Save all files before transformation or validation - Saves all open files before validating or transforming an XML document. This ensures that any dependencies are resolved when modifying the XML document and its XML Schema.
Save all files before calling external tools - If selected, all files are saved before executing an external tool.

Performance

The following options cover performance issues when dealing with large files:

Optimize loading in the Text edit mode for files over (MB) - File loading is optimized for reduced memory usage for any file with a size larger than this value. This is useful for editing large files, but it comes with several restrictions on memory-intensive operations.
Show warning when loading large documents - Oxygen XML Editor will warn you if you open a file that is bigger than the specified size.
Optimize loading for documents with lines longer than (Characters) - Line wrap is turned on for a document that contains lines that exceed the specified length. For a list of the restrictions applied to a document with long lines, see the Editing Documents with Long Lines section.
Show warning when loading documents with long lines - When selected, Oxygen XML Editorwill warn you when you open a file with lines longer than the specified length. To reduce the length of lines in a file, format and indent the document after it is opened in the editor panel. For a list of the restrictions applied to a document with long lines, see Editing Documents with Long Lines.
Clear undo buffer on save - If selected, Oxygen XML Editor clears its undo buffer when you save a document. Therefore, modifications made prior to saving the document cannot be undone. Select this option if you frequently encounter out of memory errors when editing large documents.
Consider application bundles to be directories when browsing - This option is available only on the Mac OS X platform. When selected, the file browser dialog box allows browsing inside an application bundle, as in a regular folder. Otherwise, the file browser dialog box does not allow browsing inside an application bundle, as the Finder application does on Mac OS X.
Note: The same effect can be obtained by setting the property apple.awt.use-file-dialog-packages to true or false in the Info.plist descriptor file of the Oxygen XML Editor application:
```
<key>apple.awt.use-file-dialog-packages</key>
<string>false</string>
```