// 7. About the operation details of this editor //

// 7-11. Configuration //

By pressing the command button "Cnfg" on the upper right of the window or press the [K] key, you can change the settings of the following 3 items of this editor.

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(Since the key assignment of the keyboard differs for each item, so details will be described later.)
In addition, the settings changed in these items are saved in the configuration file "maped_config" at any time, and all these settings will be taken over at the next start-up.

The blue letters displayed to the right of the buttons indicate the key assignments for each command.
(Mainly assigned to [Z] to [M] on the bottom of the main keyboard.)
Press the "Abort" button or the [Enter] key to abort this operation and return to the edit screen.

// 7-11-1. Change window size //

You can change the window size to one of 3 types : "640x480", "800x600", and "960x720".

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The buttons for the current window size are backlit.
Pressing a size button will instantly change to that window size.
This operation can also be performed by pressing the [1] key on the main keyboard while editing.
In that case, each time the [1] key is pressed, the window size will be changed by looping in the following order.

"640x480" --> "800x600" --> "960x720" --> "640x480"

Incidentally, as the window size increases, the command display on the right side of the window will be enlarged according to the window size, but the edit screen has a specification that expand the number of digits and lines of cells (grids) displayed to the extent that the window size will be expanded.
So, if you want to work while confirming a wider editing range, I recommend that you set the display size to the maximum "960x720" in the window size setting and proceed with your work.

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// 7-11-2. Change display language //

You can change the display language to either "Japanese" or "English".
The button for the current display language is backlit.
Pressing the "Japanese" or "English" button will instantly change the language to the shown on its button.
This operation can also be performed by pressing the [2] key on the main keyboard while editing.
In that case, each time the [2] key is pressed, the display language will be changed by looping in the following order.

"Japanese" --> "English" --> "Japanese"

// 7-11-3. Switch preview mode ON / OFF //

You can switch the preview display "ON" or "OFF".

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The preview display is a function to visualize and check the results roughly form before finalizing the processing when performing processing such as importing map data, pasting copy data, reversing map data, and rotating map data, etc.
And the display is similar as "7-5-1. Check whole image of map", the result image will be resized to the edit screen's entire size, and displayed on the entire edit screen.

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For example, after creating a lot of map files with this editor, it may be difficult to remember those contents of each map by its file name or title alone.
In such a case, you can easily check the contents of the map file by following the steps below.

  1. Turn the preview setting "ON".
  2. Import the target map file with the "Load map data" command.
  3. After only confirming the preview image, abort this process.

Before you get used to the operation of this editor, I recommend that you set this preview mode "ON" and proceed with your work.
And after getting used to the operation, setting this mode "OFF" and skipping the preview display will improve your work efficiency accordingly, I guess.
This operation can also be performed by pressing the [4] key on the main keyboard while editing, and in that case, each time you press the [4] key, it'll switch between "ON" and "OFF".

In addition, you can also change the preview time setting in the combo box on the left side of the preview display switching button.
Preview time is said that the waiting time until the command message will be displayed after the preview image is displayed when the preview mode is on.
Its setting can be changed in 4 steps in 1 second increments from 1 second to 4 seconds.

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In addition, the display time of the result report message after command execution also conforms to this preview time.
By default, this preview time is set to "2 seconds".