Wingware Python IDE

Core Preferences

main.auto-check-updates

Automatically attempt to connect to wingware.com to check for updates once every day after Wing is started.

Internal Name: main.auto-check-updates

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

main.auto-reload-scripts

When enabled, Wing will automatically reload scripts that extend the IDE when they are edited and saved from the IDE. This makes developing extension scripts for the IDE very fast, and should work in most cases. Disable this when working on extension scripts that do not reload properly, such as those that reach through the scripting API extensively.

Internal Name: main.auto-reload-scripts

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

main.auto-reopen-last-project

Controls whether most recent project is reopened at startup, in the absence of any other project on the command line.

Internal Name: main.auto-reopen-last-project

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

main.debug-break-on-critical

If True and a gtk, gdk, or glib critical message is logged, Wing tries to start a C debugger and break at the current execution point

Internal Name: main.debug-break-on-critical

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

cache.changed-reload-policy

Selects action to perform on files found to be externally changed and that also have been altered in the IDE. One of "request-reload" to ask via a dialog box upon detection, "edit-reload" to ask if the file is edited further, or "never-reload" to ignore external changes (although you will always be warned if you try to save over an externally changed file)

Internal Name: cache.changed-reload-policy

Data Specification: [never-reload, request-reload, edit-reload]

Default Value: request-reload

main.documentation-language

The language to use for the documentation, when available (not all documentation is translated into all supported languages).

Internal Name: main.documentation-language

Data Specification: [None, de, en, fr]

Default Value: en

cache.external-check-freq

Time in seconds indicating the frequency with which the IDE should check the disk for files that have changed externally. Set to 0 to disable entirely.

Internal Name: cache.external-check-freq

Data Specification: <type float>, <type int>

Default Value: 5

main.extra-mime-type-comments

This is a map from mime type to tuple of start/end comment characters for each mime type. One entry should be added for each new mime type added with the main.extra-mime-types preference.

Internal Name: main.extra-mime-type-comments

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, <type str>]]

Default Value: {}

main.extra-mime-type-names

This is a map from mime type to displayable name for that mime type; one entry should be added for each new mime type added with the main.extra-mime-types preference.

Internal Name: main.extra-mime-type-names

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <type str>]

Default Value: {}

main.extra-mime-types

This is a map from file extension or wildcard to mime type. It adds additional file type mappings to those built into Wing IDE. File extensions can be specified alone without dot or wildcard, for example "xcf" or using wildcards containing "*" and/or "?", for example "Makefile*". The mime type to use for Python files is "text/x-python".

Internal Name: main.extra-mime-types

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [text/x-smalltalk, text/x-sql, text/x-pov, text/x-ave, text/x-pl-sql, text/x-bash, text/x-lua-source, text/x-eiffel, text/x-vxml, text/xml, text/x-errorlist, text/x-caml, text/x-octave, text/x-erlang, text/x-php-source, text/x-cython, application/x-tex, text/x-dos-batch, text/x-bullant, text/x-baan, text/x-python, text/x-mako, text/x-mmixal, text/x-nncrontab, text/postscript, text/x-django, text/x-asn1, text/x-javascript, text/x-fortran, text/x-vhdl, text/x-escript, text/x-lisp, text/x-makefile, text/x-diff, text/x-ms-idl, text/x-cpp-source, text/x-asm, text/x-ruby, text/x-abaqus, text/x-ada, text/x-d, text/x-idl, text/x-nsis, text/x-scriptol, text/x-perl, text/x-java-source, text/x-docbook, text/x-rc, text/x-verilog, text/x-c-source, text/plain, text/x-spice, text/x-zope-pt, text/x-lout, text/x-matlab, text/x-inno-setup, text/html, text/x-forth, text/x-tcl, text/x-qss, text/x-vb-source, text/x-pascal, text/x-yaml, text/x-conf, text/x-ms-makefile, text/x-properties, text/css, text/x-r]]

Default Value: {}

main.file-sets

Defines file sets by specifying filters to apply to file names for inclusion and exclusion from a larger set (such as scanned disk files or all project files).

Each file set is named and contains one list of inclusion patterns and one list of exclusion patterns. The patterns can be a wildcard on the file name, wildcard on a directory name, or a mime type name.

Only a single pattern needs to be matched for inclusion or exclusion. Exclusion patterns take precedence over inclusion patterns, so any match on an exclusion pattern will always exclude a file from the set. File sets are used in constraining search, adding project files, and for other operations on collections of files.

Internal Name: main.file-sets

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [tuple length 2 of: [tuple of: [tuple length 2 of: [wildcard-filename, wildcard-directory, mime-type], <type str>]], [tuple of: [tuple length 2 of: [wildcard-filename, wildcard-directory, mime-type], <type str>]]]]

Default Value: {u'All Source Files': ((), (('wildcard-filename', '*.o'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.obj'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.a'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.lib'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.so'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dll'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.exe'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ilk'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pdb'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyc'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyo'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyd'), ('wildcard-filename', '*$py.class'), ('wildcard-filename', 'core'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bak'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tmp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.temp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*-old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpu'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.zip'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tgz'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tar.gz'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dsp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dsw'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.sln'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.suo'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.vcproj'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.user'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.manifest'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ncb'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bsc'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.sbr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.log'), ('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'))), u'HTML and XML Files': ((('mime-type', 'text/html'), ('mime-type', 'text/xml'), ('mime-type', 'text/x-zope-pt')), (('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'))), u'C/C++ Files': ((('mime-type', 'text/x-c-source'), ('mime-type', 'text/x-cpp-source')), (('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics'))), u'Hidden & Temporary Files': ((('wildcard-filename', '*.o'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.obj'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.a'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.lib'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.so'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.dll'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.exe'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ilk'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pdb'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyc'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyo'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.pyd'), ('wildcard-filename', '*$py.class'), ('wildcard-filename', 'core'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bak'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tmp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.temp'), ('wildcard-filename', '*-old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.old'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.wpu'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.zip'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tgz'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.tar.gz'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.ncb'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.bsc'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.sbr'), ('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics')), ()), u'Python Files': ((('mime-type', 'text/x-python'), ('mime-type', 'text/x-cython')), (('wildcard-filename', '*~'), ('wildcard-filename', '#*#'), ('wildcard-filename', '.#*'), ('wildcard-filename', '*.svn-base'), ('wildcard-filename', '.coverage'), ('wildcard-directory', '__pycache__'), ('wildcard-directory', '.bzr'), ('wildcard-directory', 'CVS'), ('wildcard-directory', '.hg'), ('wildcard-directory', '.git'), ('wildcard-directory', '.svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '_svn'), ('wildcard-directory', '.xvpics')))}

main.ignored-updates

Used internally to keep track of updates the user is not interested in

Internal Name: main.ignored-updates

Data Specification: [list of: <type str>]

Default Value: []

main.max-error-log-size

The number of bytes at which the error log file (USER_SETTINGS_DIR/error-log) is truncated. This file can be sent to technical support to help diagnose problems with the IDE.

Internal Name: main.max-error-log-size

Data Specification: [from 10000 to 10000000]

Default Value: 500000

main.monitor-support-upgrades

Show a reminder when Support+Upgrades for the active license is expired or will expire soon.

Internal Name: main.monitor-support-upgrades

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

main.perspective-auto-save

Selects whether to auto-save perspectives when switching to another perspective. Can always auto-save, never auto-save, prompt each time a perspective is left, or auto-save as configured on a per-perspective basis.

Internal Name: main.perspective-auto-save

Data Specification: [tuple length 2 of: [always, never, prompt, choose], <type str>]

Default Value: always

main.perspective-shared-file

Selects the file to use for storing and retrieving shared perspectives. By default (when value is None) the file 'perspectives' in the user settings directory is used.

Internal Name: main.perspective-shared-file

Data Specification: [one of: <type NoneType>, <type str>]

Default Value: None

main.perspective-style

Controls what parts of the GUI are altered when switching perspectives. Tools and Layout only captures the set of visible tools and overall layout, Tool, Layout, and Editors stores also the set of open editors, and All Visual State captures all details of the visual state, including the state of the tools, the size and position of windows, and the caret position.

Internal Name: main.perspective-style

Data Specification: [tuple length 2 of: [tools-and-editors, all, tools-only], <type str>]

Default Value: tools-only

main.plugin-overrides

Defines which plugins are enabled or disabled.

Internal Name: main.plugin-overrides

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <boolean: 0 or 1>]

Default Value: {}

main.script-path

Specifies the directories in which Wing will look for user-defined scripts that extend the functionality of the IDE itself. The directory names may contain environment variables in the $(envname) form. Use $(WING:PROJECT_DIR) for the project directory.For each directory, Wing will load all found Python modules and packages, treating any function whose name starts with a letter (not _ or __) as a script-provided command. Extension scripts found in files within directories later in the list will override scripts of the same name found earlier, except that scripts can never override commands that are defined internally in Wing itself (these are documented in the Command Reference in the users manual). See the Scripting and Extending chapter of the manual for more information on writing and using extension scripts. Note that WINGHOME/scripts is always appended to the given path since it contains scripts that ship with Wing.

Internal Name: main.script-path

Data Specification: [list of: <type str>]

Default Value: [u'USER_SETTINGS_DIR/scripts']

main.show-splash-screen

Controls whether or not the splash screen is shown at startup.

Internal Name: main.show-splash-screen

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

main.text-styles

Defines text styles used in data and document display. Each style is specified as a list of (name, value) tuples. The names and values must be valid Pango text attribute names and values. To set default values that apply to all styles, use the "default" style name (for example adding ("size", 14) changes default display size to 14 points. Note that size of menus, buttons, labels, and other basic GUI elements are set using system-wide theme configuration and not from this preference. The source editor is also configured separately.

Internal Name: main.text-styles

Data Specification: [dict; keys: [one of: <type str>, [admonition-title, danger, footnote, citation, admonition, calltip-doc, title-4, calltip-strong, caution, title-3, title-0, title-1, image-link, calltip-type, calltip-poc, hint, calltip-arg-current, tip, literal, note, field, emphasis, title-2, calltip-class-symbol, attention, calltip-def-symbol, link, strong, marked-list-items, calltip-def, list-items, default, docinfo-header, transition, calltip-arg, caption, warning, error, navigation-link, navigation]], values: [tuple of: [one of: [tuple length 2 of: [foreground], [None or <type str>]], [tuple length 2 of: [style], [None or [oblique, italic, normal]]], [tuple length 2 of: [justification], [None or [right, fill, center, left]]], [tuple length 2 of: [font_desc], [None or <type str>]], [tuple length 2 of: [weight], [None or [one of: <type int>, [heavy, bold, ultrabold, normal, light, ultralight]]]], [tuple length 2 of: [right_margin], [None or [1]]], [tuple length 2 of: [stretch], [None or [condensed, expanded, normal, semicondensed, extracondensed, extraexpanded, semiexpanded, ultracondensed, ultraexpanded]]], [tuple length 2 of: [strikethrough], [None or <boolean: 0 or 1>]], [tuple length 2 of: [rise], [None or [from -100000 to 100000]]], [tuple length 2 of: [variant], [None or [smallcaps, normal]]], [tuple length 2 of: [underline], [None or [double, single, low, none]]], [tuple length 2 of: [ypad], [None or [1]]], [tuple length 2 of: [background], [None or <type str>]], [tuple length 2 of: [indent], [None or [1]]], [tuple length 2 of: [left_margin], [None or [1]]], [tuple length 2 of: [font_family], [None or <type str>]], [tuple length 2 of: [xpad], [None or [1]]], [tuple length 2 of: [size], [None or [one of: [from 0 to 1000000], [medium, x-large, xx-large, large, small, xx-small, x-small]]]]]]]

Default Value: {'calltip-strong': (('font_family', 'sans'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#000066')), 'danger': (('background', '#ffffdd'),), 'footnote': (('weight', 'bold'),), 'navigation-link': (('foreground', '#909090'), ('style', 'italic'), ('weight', 'bold')), 'citation': (('weight', 'bold'),), 'admonition': (), 'list-items': (('xpad', '1'), ('ypad', '1')), 'title-4': (('size', 'small'), ('underline', 'single'), ('foreground', '#000066')), 'warning': (('background', '#ffffdd'),), 'caution': (('background', '#ffffdd'),), 'title-3': (('size', 'small'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#000066')), 'title-0': (('size', 'xx-large'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#000066')), 'title-1': (('size', 'large'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#000066')), 'image-link': (), 'calltip-type': (('font_family', 'sans'),), 'calltip-poc': (('font_family', 'sans'),), 'hint': (('background', '#ffffdd'),), 'admonition-title': (('weight', 'bold'),), 'tip': (('background', '#ffffdd'),), 'literal': (('foreground', '#227722'), ('weight', 'bold')), 'note': (), 'field': (('weight', 'bold'),), 'emphasis': (('style', 'italic'),), 'calltip-class-symbol': (('font_family', 'sans'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#0000ff')), 'attention': (('background', '#ddddff'),), 'calltip-def-symbol': (('font_family', 'sans'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#007f7f')), 'link': (('underline', 'single'), ('foreground', '#3333ff')), 'strong': (('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#000066')), 'marked-list-items': (('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#ff3333')), 'calltip-def': (('font_family', 'sans'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#00007f')), 'calltip-doc': (('font_family', 'sans'),), 'default': (), 'docinfo-header': (('weight', 'bold'),), 'transition': (('justification', 'left'),), 'calltip-arg': (('font_family', 'sans'),), 'calltip-arg-current': (('font_family', 'sans'), ('background', '#ffbbbb')), 'caption': (('style', 'italic'),), 'error': (('background', '#ffdddd'),), 'title-2': (('size', 'medium'), ('weight', 'bold'), ('foreground', '#000066')), 'navigation': (('foreground', '#909090'), ('style', 'italic'))}

cache.unchanged-reload-policy

Selects action to perform on files found to be externally changed but unaltered within the IDE. One of "auto-reload" to automatically reload these files, "request-reload" to ask via a dialog box upon detection, "edit-reload" to ask only if the unchanged file is edited within the IDE subsequently, or "never-reload" to ignore external changes (although you will still be warned if you try to save over an externally changed file)

Internal Name: cache.unchanged-reload-policy

Data Specification: [never-reload, auto-reload, request-reload, edit-reload]

Default Value: auto-reload

User Interface Preferences

gui.apple-keyboard

Whether an Apple keyboard is in use. Use query x11 option to attempt to determine setting from X11 server each time Wing is run. This is an OS X only preference.

Internal Name: gui.apple-keyboard

Data Specification: [query-x11, yes, no]

Default Value: query-x11

gui.auto-focus-tools

Controls whether to automatically move keyboard focus from the editor to tools when they are revealed.

Internal Name: gui.auto-focus-tools

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

gui.auto-save-before-action

Controls whether or not all edited files are autosaved before a debug run, before starting unit tests, or before a file or build process is executed.

Internal Name: gui.auto-save-before-action

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

gui.enable-tooltips

Controls whether or not tooltips containing help are shown when the mouse hovers over areas of the user interface.

Internal Name: gui.enable-tooltips

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

gui.feedback-email

Email address to use by default in the Feedback and Bug Report dialogs

Internal Name: gui.feedback-email

Data Specification: <type str>

Default Value: ""

gui.fix-osx-tiger-keyboard-conflict

Whether to fix the inability to use Mode_switch on Tiger (OS X 10.4). If true, Wing will run xmodmap when it starts to remap the Mode_switch keys (option, Alt Gr, and other composition keys on non-US keyboards) from mod1 to mod5. The xmodmap modifications will affect all X11 applications.

Internal Name: gui.fix-osx-tiger-keyboard-conflict

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

gui.full-path-in-tooltips

Set to True to always show the full path of a file name in the tooltips shown from the editor tabs and file selection menus. When False, the configured Source Title Style is used instead.

Internal Name: gui.full-path-in-tooltips

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

gui.osx-key-for-alt

Use key for alt key in all X11 applications on OS X -- typically used when using a non OS X keyboard layout on the Apple X11 server. The option key should be used only if it's not needed to enter individual characters. This will use xmodmap to set the global X11 key map to use the specified key as the alt key modifier. Turning this option off if it was on previously will reset the option key back to mode_switch, which is the Apple default setting. Non-default options will override any externally set xmodmap setting so use with care if you've customized your xmodmap.

Internal Name: gui.osx-key-for-alt

Data Specification: [default, command, option2, option]

Default Value: default

gui.ignore-unsaved-before-action

Controls whether or not Wing ignores unsaved files before a debug run, or before a file or build process is executed.

Internal Name: gui.ignore-unsaved-before-action

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

gui.keymap-override

Override key bindings in the keymap. To enter the key, place focus on the entry area and type the key combination desired. The command is one of those documented in the user manual's Command Reference, or the name of any user scripts that have been loaded into the IDE. Leave the command name blank to remove the default binding for a key (this is useful when adding multi-key bindings that conflict with a default).

Internal Name: gui.keymap-override

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <type str>]

Default Value: {}

gui.keymap

Defines location of the keymap override file. Use None for default according to configured editor personality. See the Wing IDE Manual for details on building your keymap override file -- in general this is used only in development or debugging keymaps; use the keymap-override preference instead for better tracking across Wing versions.

Internal Name: gui.keymap

Data Specification: [None or <type str>]

Default Value: None

gui.last-feedback-shown

Used internally to avoid showing the feedback dialog on exit over and over again.

Internal Name: gui.last-feedback-shown

Data Specification: <type float>

Default Value: 0.0

gui.max-non-sticky-editors

Maximum number of transient (non-sticky) editors to keep open at one time, in addition to any that are visible on screen

Internal Name: gui.max-non-sticky-editors

Data Specification: <type int>

Default Value: 1

gui.max-recent-files

Maximum number of items to display in the Recent menus.

Internal Name: gui.max-recent-files

Data Specification: [from 3 to 200]

Default Value: 20

gui.message-config

Controls the format and verbosity of messages shown to the user for each message domain in the message area. Each domain specifies the format (in Python 2.3 logging.Formatter format), and the minimum logging level that should be shown in the display. If a message domain is left unspecified, then the parent domain settings are used instead ("" is the parent of all domains).

Internal Name: gui.message-config

Data Specification: [dict; keys: [search, debugger, analysis, general, project, editor, scripts, browser], values: [tuple length 3 of: <type str>, [0, 40, 30], <type int>]]

Default Value: {'': ('%(message)s', 0, 100000)}

gui.more-controls-for-search-in-files

Controls whether "Search in Files" dialog has an extra row of visible options as buttons.

Internal Name: gui.more-controls-for-search-in-files

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

gui.open-projects-as-text

Controls whether project files are opened as project or as text when opened from the File menu. This does not affect opening from the Project menu.

Internal Name: gui.open-projects-as-text

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

gui.prefered-symbol-order

Control preferred order in source index displays such as the editor browse menus. Either sort in "file-order" or "alpha-order".

Internal Name: gui.prefered-symbol-order

Data Specification: [file-order, alpha-order]

Default Value: alpha-order

gui.reported-exceptions

Used internally to remember which unexpected exceptions have already been reported so we only show error reporting dialog once for each. This is a dict from product version to dict of exception info.

Internal Name: gui.reported-exceptions

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <boolean: 0 or 1>]]

Default Value: {}

gui.scan-for-pythoncom-shell-extensions

Scan for pythoncom shell extensions on Windows

Internal Name: gui.scan-for-pythoncom-shell-extensions

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

gui.set-win32-foreground-lock-timeout

Controls whether or not to set the foreground lock timeout on Windows 98/ME and 2K/XP. On these systems, normally Wing will be unable to bring source windows to front whenever the debug process has windows in the foreground. When this preference is true, the system-wide value that prevents background applications from raising windows is cleared whenever Wing is running. This means that other apps will also be able to raise windows without these restrictions while Wing is running. Set the preference to false to avoid this, but be prepared for windows to fail to raise in some instances. Note: If Wing is terminated abnormally or from the task manager, the changed value will persist until the user logs out (or reboot on 98/ME).

Internal Name: gui.set-win32-foreground-lock-timeout

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

gui.show-report-error-dialog

Whether the error bug reporting dialog (also available from the Help menu) is shown automatically when an unexpected exception is encountered inside Wing IDE.

Internal Name: gui.show-report-error-dialog

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

gui.show-feedback-dialog

Whether feedback dialog is shown to user on quit.

Internal Name: gui.show-feedback-dialog

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

gui.show-osx-keyboard-warning

Used internally to show information about osx keyboard issues to new users. Once turned off, it is never turned on again

Internal Name: gui.show-osx-keyboard-warning

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

gui.sort-case-sensitive

Controls whether names are sorted case sensitively (with all caps preceding small letters) or case insensitively

Internal Name: gui.sort-case-sensitive

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

gui.startup-show-wingtips

Controls whether or not the Wing Tips tool is shown automatically at startup of the IDE.

Internal Name: gui.startup-show-wingtips

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

gui.typing-group-timeout

Sets the timeout in seconds to use for typing, after which keys pressed are considered a separate group of characters. This is used for typing-to-select on lists and in other GUI areas. Before the timeout subsequent keys are added to previous ones to refine the selection during keyboard navigation.

Internal Name: gui.typing-group-timeout

Data Specification: <type float>, <type int>

Default Value: 1

gui.windowing-policy

Policy to use for window creation: combined-window mode places toolboxes into editor windows, separate-toolbox-window mode creates separate tool box windows, and one-window-per-editor mode also creates a new window for each editor.

Internal Name: gui.windowing-policy

Data Specification: [combined-window, one-window-per-editor, separate-toolbox-window]

Default Value: combined-window

gui.work-area-rect

Rectangle to use for the IDE work area on screen. All windows open within this area. Format is (x, y, width, height), or use None for full screen.

Internal Name: gui.work-area-rect

Data Specification: [None or [tuple length 4 of: <type int>, <type int>, <type int>, <type int>]]

Default Value: None

Editor Preferences

edit.adjust-indent-after-paste

Controls when Wing automatically adjusts indents after multi-line text is pasted.

Internal Name: edit.adjust-indent-after-paste

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

edit.auto-brace-match

Set to true to automatically highlight the matching braces next to the cursor or as they are typed.

Internal Name: edit.auto-brace-match

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

consoles.auto-clear

Automatically clear the OS Commands consoles each time the command is re-executed

Internal Name: consoles.auto-clear

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

edit.auto-edit-close

Enable to auto-close quotes, parenthesis, braces, comments, and so forth.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-close

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.auto-edit-colon

Auto-enter newline and auto-indent after typing a colon that starts a new Python block

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-colon

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

edit.auto-edit-comment

Enable commenting out a non-empty selection when a comment character is pressed.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-comment

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.auto-edit-continue

Automatically continue comments or strings in the form ("") or () after a newline is typed within the comment or string text

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-continue

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.auto-edit-enabled

Enable or disable all auto-editing operations. When enabled, individual operations must be selected in preferences.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-enabled

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

edit.auto-edit-invoke

Enable auto-entry of invocation arguments for a function or method call.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-invoke

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.auto-edit-parens

Enable surrounding non-empty selection when a parenthesis is pressed.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-parens

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.auto-edit-quotes

Enable placing quotes around a non-empty selection.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-quotes

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.auto-edit-spaces

Enable auto-entering spaces around operators and punctuation.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-spaces

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

edit.auto-edit-spaces-enforce

When auto-entering spaces is enabled, enforce PEP8 style spacing by preventing redundant spaces.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-spaces-enforce

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

edit.auto-edit-spaces-kw

Enable auto-entering spaces after keywords.

Internal Name: edit.auto-edit-spaces-kw

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

edit.auto-indent

Controls when Wing automatically indents when return or enter is typed.

Internal Name: edit.auto-indent

Data Specification: [0, 1, blank-only]

Default Value: 1

edit.autocomplete-autoshow

Controls whether or not the completer is shown automatically during typing. When disabled, it can still be shown on demand with the Show Completer item in the Source menu.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-autoshow

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.autocomplete-autoshow-option

Controls whether or not the completer is always shown automatically during typing, never auto-shown, or shown only after a certain number of characters are in the completion fragment. When auto-show is disabled, the auto-completer can still be shown on demand with the Show Completer item in the Source menu.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-autoshow-option

Data Specification: [always, never]

Default Value: always

edit.autocomplete-case-insensitive

Controls whether matching in the completer is case sensitive or not. The correct case is always used when a completion is chosen.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-case-insensitive

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

edit.autocomplete-delay

Delay in seconds from last key press to wait before the auto-completer is shown. If 0.0, the auto-completer is shown immediately.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-delay

Data Specification: <type int>, <type float>

Default Value: 0.0

edit.autocomplete-keys

Controls which keys will enter selected completion value into the editor. Shift or Ctrl click to select multiple items.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-keys

Data Specification: [tuple of: [f1, f3, return, space, period, bracketleft, tab, f12, colon, f10, parenleft]]

Default Value: ['tab']

edit.autocomplete-mode

Selects how completion is done in the editor: Either insert the completion at the cursor, replace any symbols that match the leading part of the completion (and insert in other cases), or replace any existing symbol with the new symbol.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-mode

Data Specification: [replace-matching, insert, replace]

Default Value: insert

edit.autocomplete-non-python-word-size

Sets the minimum size of words to add to the completion list for non-Python files. This affects only words found in the file, and not words included because they are keywords for that file type.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-non-python-word-size

Data Specification: <type int>

Default Value: 4

edit.autocomplete-non-python-option

Controls whether or not use the completer in non-Python files, where it uses a simple word list generated from the existing contents of the file. If enabled, the number of characters required before the completer is shown may be specified here.This value overrides any character threshold set above.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-non-python-option

Data Specification: [always, never]

Default Value: 3

edit.autocomplete-timeout

Timeout in seconds from last key press after which the auto-completer is automatically hidden. If 0.0, the auto-completer does not time out.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-timeout

Data Specification: <type int>, <type float>

Default Value: 0

edit.autocomplete-turbo-mode

When enabled, the Python auto-completer enters the completion automatically whenever a key other than a valid symbol name key is pressed. When disabled, only the configured completion keys enter the completion into the editor.

Internal Name: edit.autocomplete-turbo-mode

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

edit.autocompleter-height

The maximum number of lines to show in the auto-completer at once.

Internal Name: edit.autocompleter-height

Data Specification: <type int>

Default Value: 7

edit.bookmark-color

Color to use on the source editor to indicate the location of user-defined bookmarks.

Internal Name: edit.bookmark-color

Data Specification: [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]

Default Value: (16, 192, 16)

edit.bookmark-style

Visual display style to use for user-defined bookmarks: Either an underline, a background color change, or no visible marker.

Internal Name: edit.bookmark-style

Data Specification: [None, underline, background]

Default Value: background

edit.dataentry-undo-grouping

Whether or not to group all edits made during data entry mode intoa single undo action.

Internal Name: edit.dataentry-undo-grouping

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

edit.default-drop-action

Default drag-n-drop action. This is the default and can always be overridden by pressing shift or ctrl while dragging

Internal Name: edit.default-drop-action

Data Specification: [os-default, copy, move]

Default Value: os-default

edit.diff-color

Color to use on the source editor for differences during a diff/merge session. The current mark is drawn in a lighter version of the same color. The within-difference change indicators are drawn transparently with the color set in the Text Selection Color preference.

Internal Name: edit.diff-color

Data Specification: [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]

Default Value: (129, 212, 129)

edit.enable-folding

Set to true to enable structural folding on source, false to disable

Internal Name: edit.enable-folding

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.fold-indicator-style

Set to 0 to use arrow indicators, 1 to use plus/minus indicators, 2 to rounded tree indicators, and 3 to use square tree indicators.

Internal Name: edit.fold-indicator-style

Data Specification: [from 0 to 3]

Default Value: 1

edit.fold-line-mode

Set to "above-expanded", "below-expanded", "above-collapsed", "below-collapsed", or "none" to indicate where fold lines are shown and whether they are above or below the line where the fold point is located.

Internal Name: edit.fold-line-mode

Data Specification: [above-collapsed, above-expanded, none, below-collapsed, below-expanded]

Default Value: below-collapsed

edit.fold-mime-types

Set to a list of mime types for which folding should be allowed when folding in general is enabled.

Internal Name: edit.fold-mime-types

Data Specification: [list of: <type str>]

Default Value: ['text/x-python', 'text/x-c-source', 'text/x-cpp-source', 'text/x-java-source', 'text/x-javascript', 'text/html', 'text/x-mako', 'text/x-django', 'text/xml', 'text/x-zope-pt', 'text/x-eiffel', 'text/x-lisp', 'text/x-ruby', 'text/x-cython']

edit.fold-trailing-whitespace

Controls whether or not trailing white space after a block of code is folded up along with the block, for a more compact folded display.

Internal Name: edit.fold-trailing-whitespace

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.highlight-builtins

Highlight Python builtins

Internal Name: edit.highlight-builtins

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

edit.indent-style

Set the style of indentation used in new files. This is overridden in non-empty files, according to the actual contents of the file. Use the Indentation Manager to alter indentation in existing files. Indentation style choices are "tabs-only" for tabs only, "spaces-only" for spaces only, or "mixed" to use a tab whenever tab-size spaces have been seen

Internal Name: edit.indent-style

Data Specification: [mixed, spaces-only, tabs-only]

Default Value: spaces-only

.edit.max-symbol-menu-name-count

The maximum number of names allowed on a single symbol menu

Internal Name: .edit.max-symbol-menu-name-count

Data Specification: <type int>

Default Value: 200

edit.merged-diff-color

Color to use on the source editor for already merged differences during a diff/merge session. The current mark is drawn in a lighter version of the same color. The within-difference change indicators are drawn transparently with the color set in the Text Selection Color preference.

Internal Name: edit.merged-diff-color

Data Specification: [tuple length 3 of: [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255], [from 0 to 255]]

Default Value: (212, 177, 177)

edit.minisearch-case-sensitive

Whether or not mini-search is case sensitive. Can be 'match-mode' to use the default for the current keyboard personality ('never' in vi mode or 'if-upper' for emacs and other personalities), 'if-upper' to be case sensitive only if an upper case character is typed, 'always' to always match case sensitively, and 'never' to always match case insensitively.

Internal Name: edit.minisearch-case-sensitive

Data Specification: [always, never, if-upper, match-mode]

Default Value: match-mode

consoles.wrap-long-lines

Wrap long output lines in OS Commands tool to fit within available display area.

Internal Name: consoles.wrap-long-lines

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

consoles.encoding

Default encoding of sub-process input/output when run in the OS Commands panel. This can be overridden on a per-command basis, in each command's properties.

Internal Name: consoles.encoding

Data Specification: [None or [Central and Eastern European iso8859-2, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2004, Hebrew cp856, Japanese euc-jp, Vietnamese cp1258, Greek cp1253, Baltic Languages cp1257, Korean johab, Western European cp1252, Baltic Languages cp775, Japanese iso-2022-jp-ext, Korean iso-2022-kr, Icelandic cp861, Hebrew cp424, Cyrillic Languages cp1251, Turkish iso8859-9, Unicode (UTF-16, little endian) utf-16-le, Western European cp500, Chinese (PRC) gb18030, Greek cp875, Arabic cp864, Icelandic mac-iceland, Chinese (PRC) gbk, Turkish mac-turkish, Greek iso8859-7, Baltic Languages iso8859-13, Cyrillic Languages mac-cyrillic, Greek cp869, Turkish cp1254, Japanese iso-2022-jp-1, Central and Eastern European cp852, Japanese iso-2022-jp-2, Chinese (ROC) big5, Urdu cp1006, Hebrew iso8859-8, Celtic Languages iso8859-14, Thai cp874, Cyrillic Languages cp855, Western European iso8859-15, Greek mac-greek, Ukrainian koi8-u, Hebrew cp1255, Danish, Norwegian cp865, Cyrillic Languages iso8859-5, Turkish cp1026, Western European mac-roman, Western European cp1140, Chinese (PRC) hz, Japanese shift-jisx0213, Portuguese cp860, Chinese (ROC) cp950, Unicode (UTF-16, big endian) utf-16-be, Japanese shift-jis-2004, Console default (UTF-8), Japanese iso-2022-jp-3, Hebrew cp862, Western European latin-1, Japanese euc-jisx0213, US, Canada, and Others cp037, Japanese euc-jis-2004, None, Central and Eastern European cp1250, Baltic Languages iso8859-4, English ascii, Japanese shift-jis, Arabic iso8859-6, Canadian English/French cp863, Russian koi8-r, Japanese iso-2022-jp, Unicode (UTF-8) utf-8, Greek cp737, Nordic Languages iso8859-10, Central and Eastern European mac-latin2, Chinese (PRC) gb2312, Unicode (UTF-7) utf-7, Arabic cp1256, Chinese (PRC) big5hkscs, Western European cp850, Esperanto and Maltese iso8859-3, Turkish cp857, Korean cp949, US, Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa cp437, Unicode (UTF-16) utf-16, Japanese cp932]]

Default Value: None

consoles.python-prompt-after-execution

Drop into Python shell after executing any Python file in the OS Commands tool

Internal Name: consoles.python-prompt-after-execution

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

edit.select-policy

This is a map from actions to policy for leaving a range selected after the action takes place. Possible actions are "indent-region", "outdent-region", "indent-to-match", "comment-out-region", and "uncomment-out-region". Possible policies for each are "always-select", which always leaves a selection, "retain-select" which leaves a selection only if there was one to begin with, and "never-select" which never leaves a selection.

Internal Name: edit.select-policy

Data Specification: [dict; keys: [(u'Indent Region', 'indent-region'), (u'Indent To Match', 'indent-to-match'), (u'Uncomment out Region', 'uncomment-out-region'), (u'Outdent Region', 'outdent-region'), (u'Comment out Region', 'comment-out-region')], values: [(u'Never Select', 'never-select'), (u'Retain Select', 'retain-select'), (u'Always Select', 'always-select')]]

Default Value: {'uncomment-out-region': 'retain-select', 'outdent-region': 'retain-select', 'comment-out-region': 'retain-select', 'indent-region': 'retain-select', 'indent-to-match': 'retain-select'}

edit.show-non-py-indent-warning

Show indent mismatch warning dialog when user selects an indent style that is incompatible with existing file content. This only applies to non-Python files since Wing disallows overriding the indent style in all Python files.

Internal Name: edit.show-non-py-indent-warning

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

edit.show-python-indent-warnings

Set to show a warning dialog when opening a Python file that contains potentially problematic indentation: Either inconsistent and possibly confusing indentation, a mix of indent styles in a single file, or mixed tab and space indentation (which is not recommended for Python).

Internal Name: edit.show-python-indent-warnings

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

edit.snippets-in-autocompleter

Whether or not to include code snippets in the auto-completer.

Internal Name: edit.snippets-in-autocompleter

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

gui.split-reuse-policy

Policy for reusing splits in editors when new files are opened: Either open in current split or open in an adjacent split. This only has an effect when more than one editor split is visible.

Internal Name: gui.split-reuse-policy

Data Specification: [current, adjacent]

Default Value: current

edit.suspend-analysis-timeout

Number of seconds between last key press and when analysis is re-enabled if analysis is to be suspended while typing occurs. If <= 0, analysis is not suspended.

Internal Name: edit.suspend-analysis-timeout

Data Specification: <type float>, <type int>

Default Value: 3

edit.symbol-find-alpha-sort

Controls whether to sort Find Symbol dialog alphabetically or in natural file order

Internal Name: edit.symbol-find-alpha-sort

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

edit.symbol-find-include-args

Controls whether to include argument specs in the searchable text used in the Find Symbol dialog

Internal Name: edit.symbol-find-include-args

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

.edit.syntax-formatting

Formatting options for syntax coloring in editors. Colors are relative to a white background and will be transformed if the background color is set to a color other than white.

Internal Name: .edit.syntax-formatting

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: [dict; keys: [italic, back, fore, bold], values: [one of: None, <type str>, <boolean: 0 or 1>]]]

Default Value: {}

edit.tab-size

Set size of tabs, in spaces, used in new files. Note that in Python files that contain mixed space and tab indentation, tab size is always forced to 8 spaces. Use the Indentation Manager to alter indentation in existing files.

Internal Name: edit.tab-size

Data Specification: [from 0 to 80]

Default Value: 8

edit.use-default-foreground-when-printing

Use default foreground color for all text when printing. It's to set this if foreground color are customized for display on a dark background. The background color when printing is assumed to be white.

Internal Name: edit.use-default-foreground-when-printing

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

edit.use-indent-analysis

Select when to use indent analysis (examination of current file contents) in order to determine tab size and indent size. Either always in all files, only in Python files, or never.

Internal Name: edit.use-indent-analysis

Data Specification: [always, never, python-only]

Default Value: always

Project Manager Preferences

proj.close-also-windows

Controls whether any files open in an editor are also closed when a project file is closed

Internal Name: proj.close-also-windows

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

proj.confirm-file-drags

Controls whether or not the IDE will confirm file copy/move operations initiated by dragging items around on the Project view.

Internal Name: proj.confirm-file-drags

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

proj.follow-editor

Controls whether or not the IDE will follow the current editor by expanding the project tree to show the file open in the editor.

Internal Name: proj.follow-editor

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

proj.follow-selection

Controls whether or not the IDE will follow the current project manager selection by opening the corresponding source file in a non-sticky (auto-closing) editor. In either case, the project manager will always open a file in sticky mode when an item is double clicked or the Goto Source context menu item is used.

Internal Name: proj.follow-selection

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

proj.open-from-project-full-paths

Match fragments to full path of the file name, rather than just the file name. Full path matching still occurs when the path separation character is included in the search pattern.

Internal Name: proj.open-from-project-full-paths

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

proj.file-type

Controls the type of project file that is written by default for new projects: "normal" for regular single-file format with extension .wpr, and "shared" for split format where the .wpr file contains shared project info that can be checked into a shared revision control repository and the .wpu file contains user-specific information such as location of breakpoints. This is useful to avoid revision control wars on a project with multiple developers.

Internal Name: proj.file-type

Data Specification: [shared, normal]

Default Value: shared

Debugger Preferences

debug.allow-dynamic-introspection

Set to allow python code and other dynamic calls to be invoked while introspecting values in the debugger. In some types of code, enabling this can cause execution of unwanted code or hanging on thread locks while viewing data in the debugger.

Internal Name: debug.allow-dynamic-introspection

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

debug.enable-kill-external

Enable or disable the Kill command for debug processes that were launched from outside of the IDE

Internal Name: debug.enable-kill-external

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

debug.always-stop-exceptions

Names of builtin exceptions to (nearly) always report. These exceptions are not reported only if they explicitly caught by the specific subclass in the frame they are raised in.

Internal Name: debug.always-stop-exceptions

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ['AssertionError']

debug.attach-defaults

List of host/port combinations that should be included by default in the attach request list shown with Attach to Process in the Debug menu, in addition to those that are registered at runtime. These are used primarily with externally launched debug processes, since Wing automatically shows IDE-launched processes for attach when appropriate. This value corresponds with kAttachPort configured in wingdbstub.py or by WINGDB_ATTACHPORT environment variable before importing wingdbstub in the debug process.

Internal Name: debug.attach-defaults

Data Specification: [tuple of: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, [from 0 to 65535]]]

Default Value: (('127.0.0.1', 50015),)

debug.auto-clear-debug-io

Set to automatically clear the debug I/O text each time a new debug session is started

Internal Name: debug.auto-clear-debug-io

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.auto-show-debug-io

Set to automatically show the debug I/O tool the first time it receives output in each debug session

Internal Name: debug.auto-show-debug-io

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.default-python-exec

Sets the default Python Executable to use for debugging and source code analysis. This can be overridden on a project by project basis in Project Properties.

Internal Name: debug.default-python-exec

Data Specification: [None or <type str>]

Default Value: None

debug.default-watch-style

Sets the tracking style used when a value is double clicked in order to watch it: Use "symbolic" to track by symbolic name, "parent-ref" to track parent by object reference and attribute by name, and "ref" to track using an object reference directly to the value

Internal Name: debug.default-watch-style

Data Specification: [ref, parent-ref, symbolic]

Default Value: symbolic

debug.exception-mode

Controls how Wing reports exceptions that are raised by your debug process. By default, Wing shows exceptions at the time that the exception traceback would normally be printed. Alternatively, Wing can try to predict which exceptions are unhandled, and stop immediately when unhandled exceptions are raised so that any finally clauses can be stepped through in the debugger. Wing can also stop on all exceptions (even if handled) immediately when they are raised, or it can wait to report fatal exceptions as the debug process terminates. In the latter case Wing makes a best effort to stop before the debug process exits or at least to report the exception post-mortem, but one or both may fail if working with externally launched debug processes. In that case, we recommend using When Printed exception reporting mode.

Internal Name: debug.exception-mode

Data Specification: [unhandled, always, never, printed]

Default Value: never

debug.external-console

Selects whether to use the integrated I/O panel for debug process input/output or an external terminal window. Use an external window if your debug process depends on details of the command prompt environment for cursor movement, color text, etc.

Internal Name: debug.external-console

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

debug.filter-shell-history

Filter shell history traversal when something is entered prior to starting traversal. Going forward or back will find the next or previous item starting with the text between the start of the current item and the cursor.

Internal Name: debug.filter-shell-history

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

debug.huge-list-threshold

Defines the length threshold over which a list, map, or other complex type will be considered too large to show in the normal debugger. If this is set too large, the debugger will time out (see network-timeout preference)

Internal Name: debug.huge-list-threshold

Data Specification: <type int>

Default Value: 2000

debug.huge-string-threshold

Defines the length over which a string is considered too large to fetch for display in the debugger. If this is set too large, the debugger will time out (see network-timeout preference).

Internal Name: debug.huge-string-threshold

Data Specification: <type int>

Default Value: 64000

debug.introspect-in-shells

Set to introspect live Python runtimes for information displayed in autocompletion, the Source Assistant, and debug data value tooltips. Runtimes introspected include the Python Shell and live debug processes stopped at an exception or breakpoint.

Internal Name: debug.introspect-in-shells

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.location-map

Defines a mapping between the remote and local locations of files for host-to-host debugging. Each mapping key is the ip address of the remote location and the mapping values are arrays of tuples where each tuple is a (remote_prefix, local_prefix) pair. This should be used when files on the remote host are updated via ftp, NFS, Samba, or other method from master copies on the local host, but the full path file system locations on the local and remote hosts do not match.

Internal Name: debug.location-map

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <ip4 address #.#.#.#>, values: [None or [list of: [tuple length 2 of: <type str>, <type str>]]]]

Default Value: {'127.0.0.1': None}

debug.network-port

Determines the TCP/IP port on which the IDE will listen for the connection from the debug process. This needs to be unique for each developer working on a given host. The debug process, if launched from outside of the IDE, needs to be told the value specified here using kWingHostPort inside wingdbstub.py or by WINGDB_HOSTPORT environment variable before importing wingdbstub in the debug process.

Internal Name: debug.network-port

Data Specification: [from 0 to 65535]

Default Value: 50005

debug.network-server

Determines the network interface on which the debugger listens for connections. This can be a symbolic name, an ip address, or left unspecified (use None) to indicate that the debugger should listen on all valid network interfaces on the machine. Note that when a debug session is launched from within the IDE (with the Run button), it always connects from the loopback interface (127.0.0.1)

Internal Name: debug.network-server

Data Specification: [None or <type str>]

Default Value: None

debug.network-timeout

Controls the amount of time that the debug client will wait for the debug server to respond before it gives up. This protects the IDE from freezing up if your program running within the debug server crashes (or if the server itself becomes unavailable). It must also be taken into account when network connections are slow or if sending large data values (see the huge-list-threshold and huge-string-threshold preferences).

Internal Name: debug.network-timeout

Data Specification: <type float>, <type int>

Default Value: 10

debug.never-stop-exceptions

Names of builtin exceptions to never report, even if the exception is not handled. This list takes precedence over the always report list and the default reporting mode, but is not used if the exception reporting mode is set to always.

Internal Name: debug.never-stop-exceptions

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ['SystemExit', 'GeneratorExit']

debug.no-probe-types

Defines types for which values should never be probed for contents. These are types that are known to crash when the debugger probes them because they contain buggy data value extraction code. These values are instead shown as an opaque value with hex object instance id and are never accessed for runtime introspection.

Internal Name: debug.no-probe-types

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ('GdkColormap', 'IOBTree', 'JPackage')

debug.omit-names

Defines variable/key names for which values are never shown by the debugger.

Internal Name: debug.omit-names

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ()

debug.omit-types

Defines types for which values are never shown by the debugger.

Internal Name: debug.omit-types

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ('function', 'builtin_function_or_method', 'class', 'classobj', 'instance method', 'type', 'module', 'ufunc', 'wrapper_descriptor', 'method_descriptor', 'member_descriptor')

debug.passive-hosts

Sets which hosts are allowed to connect to the debugger when it is listening passively for externally launched programs.

Internal Name: debug.passive-hosts

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ('127.0.0.1',)

debug.passive-listen

Controls whether or not the debugger listens passively for connections from an externally launched program (false to disable; true to enable). This should be on when the debug program is not launched by the IDE (e.g., as with a CGI script).

Internal Name: debug.passive-listen

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

debug.persist-console

Set to true to leave up the console after normal program exit, or false to close the console right away in all cases. This is only relevant when running with an external native console instead of using the integrated debug I/O panel.

Internal Name: debug.persist-console

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

debug.python-exec

Set this to override the default Python executable used with the debug server. A None (default) value uses /usr/bin/env python on Linux and the configured default on NT. Otherwise, give the full path of the python executable, e.g. /usr/local/bin/python or C:devpython. This preference only affects programs that are launched from the IDE.

Internal Name: debug.python-exec

Data Specification: [None or <type str>]

Default Value: None

debug.raise-from-tools

Controls whether the debugger raises source files to indicate exception locations encountered when working in the Debug Probe, and other debugger tools.

Internal Name: debug.raise-from-tools

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.shell-always-execute-on-paste

Whether to always execute immediately after text is pasted into a shell. Note that if the number of lines exceed the pasted line threshold, the lines are immediately executed.

Internal Name: debug.shell-always-execute-on-paste

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

debug.shell-auto-restart-before-eval

Auto-restart the Python Shell before a file is evaluated within it. When this is disabled, be aware that previously defined symbols will linger in the Python Shell environment.

Internal Name: debug.shell-auto-restart-before-eval

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.shell-eval-whole-lines

Evaluate whole lines from editor rather than the exact selection, when a selection from the editor is sent to the Python Shell tool.

Internal Name: debug.shell-eval-whole-lines

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.shell-pasted-line-threshold

The number of lines after which the Python Shell will just print a summary rather than the actual lines of code pasted, dragged, or other transferred to the shell.

Internal Name: debug.shell-pasted-line-threshold

Data Specification: <type int>

Default Value: 30

debug.shells-ignore-editor-modes

Set to False so that shells will act modal in the same way as editors when working with a modal key bindings such as that for VI. When True, the shells always act as if in Insert mode.

Internal Name: debug.shells-ignore-editor-modes

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.show-debug-data-warnings

Controls whether or not time out, huge value, and error handling value errors are displayed by the debugger the first time they are encountered in each run of Wing.

Internal Name: debug.show-debug-data-warnings

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.show-exceptions-tip

Used internally to show information about exception handling to new users. Once turned off, it is never turned on again

Internal Name: debug.show-exceptions-tip

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.stop-on-logged-exception

Controls whether to stop on exceptions logged with logging.exception if the exception mode is set to 'When Printed'

Internal Name: debug.stop-on-logged-exception

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: True

debug.stop-timeout

Number of seconds to wait before the debugger will stop in its own code after a pause request is received and no other Python code is reached.

Internal Name: debug.stop-timeout

Data Specification: <type int>, <type float>

Default Value: 3.0

debug.use-members-attrib

Set this to true to have the debug server use the __members__ attribute to try to interpret otherwise opaque data values. This is a preference because some extension modules contain bugs that result in crashing if this attribute is accessed. Note that __members__ has been deprecated since Python version 2.2.

Internal Name: debug.use-members-attrib

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.use-stdin-wrapper

Whether sys.stdin should be set a wrapper object for user input in the program being debugged. The wrapper allows debug commands, such as pause, to be executed while the program is waiting for user input. The wrapper may cause problems with multi-threaded programs that use C stdio functions to read directly from stdin and will be slower than the normal file object.However, turning this preference off means that your debug process will not pause or accept breakpoint changes while waiting for keyboard input, and any keyboard input that occurs as a side effect of commands typed in the Debug Probe will happen in unmodified stdin instead (even though output will still appear in the Debug Probe as always).

Internal Name: debug.use-stdin-wrapper

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.very-verbose-log

This is used to turn on very verbose and detailed logging from the debugger. Only recommended when debugging the debugger.

Internal Name: debug.very-verbose-log

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

debug.very-verbose-shell-log

This is used to turn on very verbose and detailed logging from the Python Shell internals. Only recommended when debugging the Python Shell.

Internal Name: debug.very-verbose-shell-log

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

debug.warn-stale-shell

Set to display a dialog when the Python Shell state no longer matches the configured Python Executable and/or Python Path.

Internal Name: debug.warn-stale-shell

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

debug.wrap-debug-io

Set to true to turn on line wrapping in the integrated debug I/O panel.

Internal Name: debug.wrap-debug-io

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

debug.wrap-debug-probe

Set to true to turn on line wrapping in the integrated debug probe panel.

Internal Name: debug.wrap-debug-probe

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

debug.wrap-python-shell

Set to true to turn on line wrapping in the Python shell panel.

Internal Name: debug.wrap-python-shell

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 0

debug.x-terminal

A list of the xterm-compatible X windows terminal programs that are used with debug processes when running with an external console. Each is tried in turn until one is found to exist. If just the name is given, Wing will look for each first on the PATH and then in likely places. Specify the full path (starting with "/") to use a specific executable. If program arguments are specified, they must end with the argument that indicates that the rest of arguments are the program to run in the terminal

Internal Name: debug.x-terminal

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ('gnome-terminal "--title=Wing Debug Console" -x', 'xterm -T "Wing Debug Console" -e', 'konsole -T "Wing Debug Console" -e', 'rxvt -T "Wing Debug Console" -e')

Source Analysis Preferences

pysource.analyze-in-background

Whether Wing should try to analyze python source in the background.

Internal Name: pysource.analyze-in-background

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: 1

pysource.instance-attrib-scan-mode

How to scan for instance attributes.

Internal Name: pysource.instance-attrib-scan-mode

Data Specification: [init-only, all-methods]

Default Value: all-methods

pysource.interfaces-path

Path to search for interface files for extension modules. If directory name is relative, it will be interpreted as relative to the user settings directory (USER_SETTINGS_DIR)

Internal Name: pysource.interfaces-path

Data Specification: [tuple of: <type str>]

Default Value: ('pi-files',)

pysource.max-background-buffers

The maximum # of analysis info buffers that can be in-memory at once for files that are not open.

Internal Name: pysource.max-background-buffers

Data Specification: [from 1 to 100]

Default Value: 80

pysource.max-disk-cache-size

The maximum size of the disk cache in megabytes

Internal Name: pysource.max-disk-cache-size

Data Specification: [from 1 to 1000]

Default Value: 500

pysource.scrape-config

This is a dictionary from module name to Python code that should be executed before attempting to load extension modules for scraping. This is needed in cases where the extension modules are designed to be loaded only after some configuration magic is performed. For most extension modules, no extra configuration should be needed.

Internal Name: pysource.scrape-config

Data Specification: [dict; keys: <type str>, values: <type str>]

Default Value: {'QtSvg': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtSvg\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtSvg\n', 'wxpython': 'pass', 'QtHelp': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtHelp\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtHelp\n', 'gdk': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n  try:\n    pygtk.require(v)\n    break\n  except:\n    pass\n', 'QtGui': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtGui\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtGui\n', '_gst': 'from gst import _gst', 'gtk': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n  try:\n    pygtk.require(v)\n    break\n  except:\n    pass\n', 'QtXml': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtXml\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtXml\n', 'QtWebKit': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtWebKit\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtWebKit\n', 'QtScriptTools': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtScriptTools\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtScriptTools\n', 'QtSql': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtSql\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtSql\n', 'Qt': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import Qt\nexcept:\n  from PySide import Qt\n', 'QtAssistant': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtAssistant\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtAssistant\n', 'QtXmlPatterns': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtXmlPatterns\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtXmlPatterns\n', 'QtDeclarative': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtDeclarative\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtDeclarative\n', 'QtDesigner': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtDesigner\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtDesigner\n', 'pango': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n  try:\n    pygtk.require(v)\n    break\n  except:\n    pass\n', 'QtOpenGL': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtOpenGL\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtOpenGL\n', 'QtUiTools': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtUiTools\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtUiTools\n', 'QSci': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QSci\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QSci\n', 'atk': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n  try:\n    pygtk.require(v)\n    break\n  except:\n    pass\n', 'QtTest': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtTest\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtTest\n', 'QtScript': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtScript\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtScript\n', 'gobject': 'import pygtk\nvers = pygtk._get_available_versions().keys()\nvers.sort()\nvers.reverse()\nfor v in vers:\n  try:\n    pygtk.require(v)\n    break\n  except:\n    pass\n', 'QtCore': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtCore\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtCore\n', 'QtNetwork': 'try:\n  from PyQt4 import QtNetwork\nexcept:\n  from PySide import QtNetwork\n'}

pysource.scrape-modules

Set this to False to disable automatic loading of extension modules and other modules that cannot be statically analysed. These modules are loaded in another process space and 'scraped' to obtain at least some analysis of the module's contents.

Internal Name: pysource.scrape-modules

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False

pysource.use-sqllite-dotfile-locking

Use slower, dotfile locking for sqllite databases to work around buggy remote file servers. Only needed if the user cache directory is on a remote file system or can be accessed via a remote file system. It is recommended that the user cache directory be on the local file system for performance reasons.

Internal Name: pysource.use-sqllite-dotfile-locking

Data Specification: <boolean: 0 or 1>

Default Value: False