General tab

Programs

Specifies default application preferences for the following:

• Subversion - Enter the command to execute subversion commands (default: svn).

• Editor - Enter the command to execute any text editor (default: kwrite).

• Viewer - Enter the command to execute any viewer (default: [internal])

• Diff - Enter the command to execute any two-way diff application (default: kdiff3).

• Diff-3 - Enter the command to execute any three-way diff application (default: kdiff3).

  	A list of diff applications that can be used with eSvn is listed in Appendix A.

• Browser - Enter the name of an installed Web Browser.

eSvn provides macros that enable modification of the titles on diff panes add -fname a1 f1 -fname a2 f2 to the kdiff3 command e.g. kdiff3 -fname a1 f1 -fname a2 f2. Before executing the external diff, eSvn will translate f1 and f2 to file names (first and second) and a1 and a2 to file aliases (like 'working copy', 'revision 123'). The modified string of parameters are then passed to the diff application together with the any arguments supplied in the Extensions field provided by the Diff dialog (see the section called “Diff”).

Double-click action

Associate one of the following behaviors with double-click actions performed in the file view.

• Cat - displays the contents of the last revision in the repository for the selected item in the internal eSvn viewer application (see the section called “View (cat)”).

• Edit - execute and open selected working copy resource in the external editor specified by the Editor field.

• Open - execute and open selected working copy resource in the external editor specified by the File Mapping form

Show directories is file list

Toggles display of folders in the File View ON/OFF.

External diff default

When checked uses the external diff application defined in the eSvn options, otherwise uses the internal diff viewer.

Hide unknown files

Toggles behavior for display of files with status "- unknown-" shown in the File View between hidden (checked)/unhidden (unchecked).

Update after commit

Forces an update on directory revision numbers after commit operations.

Show changed paths

Toggles highlight of changed paths ON/OFF.

Fonts tab

Default

Specifies the font used as default throughout eSvn.

View

Specifies the font used to format content displayed in eSvn's internal Viewer application.

Output

Specifies the font used to format the content of the Output Log pane.

Files/dir list

Specifies the font used to format text properties contained with the Tree and File View panes.

Quick diff

Specifies the font used to format content displayed in eSvn's internal Diff application.

Command

Specifies the font used in the Command pane.

File Mapping tab

	For File Mappings to work the Open option must be selected from the General tab, Double-click options group.

Extensions

Lists the file extension associated with the Action.

Action

List the action associated with the Extension.

New

Displays the Edit file mapping dialog used to specify the Extension and Action values for a new file mapping.

Edit

Displays the Edit file mapping dialog used to edit the Extension and Action values of a selected file mapping.

Delete

Removes the selected file mapping.

Other tab

Restrictions

• Disable change "svn:value" properties - ???

• Disable commit to tag - ???

• Disable symlinks - Disables showing of symlinks in File and Folder panels.

Log

Select a logging method:

• Regular - Only display svn related messages (default).

• Verbose (debug) - Display eSvn background messages.

Status refresh

Select a status method to refresh the workspace, options include:

• Online - automatically refreshes in sync with repository.

• Manual - user intervention required (default).

• Auto refresh - automatically refreshes at a specified interval (default 30 seconds).

Authentication

• Username - The username part of the subversion server authentication details.

• Password - The password part of the subversion server authentication details.