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The Settings

You can change the following settings in the Asutype's configuration file, in the Advanced Options and in the <SETTING> hot code:

Attribute	Value	Comment
AppOnOff	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application is enabled or disabled? 1 means Enabled and 0 means Disabled.
AutoCheckUpdate	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will check for a possible update at startup or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
AutoClipboardEOL	0 or 1. Default is 0	Whether the application will automatically insert a pair of Carriage Return/Line Feed to the end of each line copied from the clipboard or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
AutoDelayHotcode	List of pipe (|) separated hot codes. Default is empty	The application will automatically apply delay after execution of any hot code in this list. The delay length is determined by the AutoDelayValue setting (below).
AutoDelayValue	Any positive number. Default is 0	The amount of milliseconds the application will automatically apply delay for, after execution of any hot code appeared in the AutoDelayHotcode list.
AutoPasteLowerBar	Any non-negative number. Default is 32	The application will use the clipboard method to paste any text having more than this number to the target document. Set this value to 0 to prevent using the clipboard method; text will be typed into the target document letter-by-letter.
AutoQuoteForIfCode	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will automatically enclose variables in an IF code with quote marks or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
ControlClearsCache	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will clear the typing cache every time the Control key is pressed or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
Correct1stLetter	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will automatically capitalize the first letter of sentences or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
Correct2Initials	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will automatically correct the misuse of TWo INitial cases or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
CorrectCapslock	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will automatically correct the misuse of the Capslock key or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
CorrectInteractively	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will correct unrecognized mistakes interactively or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No. If it is 1, the software will show you some suggestions on every unrecognized mistake. If it is 0, it will automatically correct the mistake by its best guess.
CorrectorCreateDefault	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will ask you to create a new correction list if there is none loaded or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
CorrectRecognizedMistakes	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will automatically correct recognized mistakes or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
CorrectUnrecognizedMistakes	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will automatically correct unrecognized mistakes or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
CorrectWordCases	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will automatically correct the case of words as they are listed in the current dictionaries or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
DaysKeepingUsageInfo	Any positive number. Default is 90.	The number of days Asutype will keep its usage data for the purpose of learning and adapting to your way of typing.
DynamicShortcutAtCaret	0 or 1. Default is 0.	Whether the application will adjust its dynamic windows when running a hot code such as <ASK>, <CHOOSE>, <XCHOOSE> to its content, or uses the fixed size for all the windows? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
DynamicShortcutWindows	0 or 1. Default is 1.	Whether the application will show its dynamic windows when running a hot code at the caret position or at the center of the window. 1 means at the caret and 0 means at the center.
EscapeHidesMainWindow	0 or 1. Default is 1.	Whether the application will hide the main window when you press the Escape key or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
EscapeWillIgnore	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will cancel the Suggestion pop-up and ignore the mistake for the rest of the current session or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
ExpanderCreateDefault	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will ask you to create a new shortcut list if there is none loaded or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
FlashAfterCopy	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will flash the screen after copying a block of text into a clipboard, to give you a visual feedback or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
FormattingDecimalPoint	Any positive number. Default is 2	The total decimal points used in representing a fraction number.
FormattingWholeNumber	0 or 1. Default is 0	Whether the application will put a decimal point after a whole number or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
HideAtStartup	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will hide the main window at startup, regardless its status of the last close? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
HotcodeHighlighting	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will highlight the syntax of hot codes in the Shortcut Editor or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
HotcodeOutputError	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will put out the hot code error, if there is one at run-time or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
HottextAutoCasing	0, 1 or 2. Default is 1	Determines how the case of the expanded content is affected by the case of the hot text. 0 = is not affected. 1 = is affected only if the hot text is in lowercase. 2 = is always affected regardless the case of the hot text.
InWordExceptionTriggerChars	Any trigger character. Default is quote (')	A trigger character listed here will be ignored if it is inside a word.
LoggingOutMistakes	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will log out spelling mistakes or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
LookupMaximumLength	Any number. Default is 80	The maximum length of a hot text or a mistake.
NoTrailingTriggerForHERE	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether or not the application will append the trigger character after expansion of a shortcut containing HERE code? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
PopupAndWait	0 or 1. Default is 0	Whether the application will correct unrecognized mistakes in the pop-up and wait mode or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
PopupAutoHideOnSwitching	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application closes the Suggestion pop-up window if you change the window focus or not.
PopupAutoHideStrokeCount	Any positive number. Default is 64	The total number of key strokes the application waits until it closes the Suggestion pop-up window, if you don't pick any option to correct the mistake or take any other action.
PopupAutoHideTickCount	Any positive number. Default is 15000	The total number of milliseconds the application waits until it closes the Suggestion pop-up window, if you don't pick any option to correct the mistake or take any other action.
PopupShow0	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the pop-up window will include the "0 - Shortcut Add" item (Turning it off will make the popup window smaller).
PopupShowDEL	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the pop-up window will include the "DEL - Delete and retype" item (Turning it off will make the popup window smaller).
PopupShowF2	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the pop-up window will include the "F2 - Spelling Add" item (Turning it off will make the popup window smaller).
PopupShowF3	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the pop-up window will include the "F3 - Shortcut Add" item (Turning it off will make the popup window smaller).
PopupSuggestionLimit	Any number between 1 and 9. Default is 9	Set the number of suggestions the software shows in the popup widow.
SpaceTwiceClosesPopup	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application closes the Suggestion pop-up window if you press the Space key twice or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
SpellerBeepMistake	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application beeps on mistakes or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
SpellerCreateDefault	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application will ask you to create a new spelling dictionary if there is none loaded or not? 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
SpellerFlashMistake	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application flashes the screen on mistakes or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
SpellerHighlightMistake	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application highlights the mistakes or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
SpellerUseExternalBeep	0 or 1. Default is 0	Whether the application uses an external .WAV file to beep on mistakes or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
SplashScreenTimeout	Any number. Default is 0	Whether the application displays the splash screen at startup or not. 0 means not and any positive number means the total milliseconds the splash screen will stay on the screen.
UseGestures	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application uses mouse gestures to expand he text shortcuts or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
UseHinting	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application shows the first part of the content of a text shortcut before expanding it or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
UseHotkeyCapslockTwice	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application uses the built-in hotkey <Capslock Twice> for undoing the last correction or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
UseHotkeyCtrlCtrl	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application uses the built-in hotkey <Left Ctrl + Right Ctrl> for toggling multiple options or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
UseHotkeyShiftShift	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application uses the built-in hotkey <Left Shift + Right Shift> for toggling the application or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
UseMultipleClipboard	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application uses the multiple clipboards to copy and paste multiple text items or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.
UseShortcuts	0 or 1. Default is 1	Whether the application expands text shortcuts or not. 1 means Yes and 0 means No.

 

The following settings can only be changed in the <SETTING> hot code and by editing the configuration file directly using any text editor:

Attribute	Value	Comment
ExpanderGroupFileList ExpanderMyFileList	A list of shortcut files that you want to open at startup. Files are separated by |	For example:   ExpanderMyFileList = EDITABLE, user.shortcut|letter.shortcut lists two files: user.shortcut and letter.shortcut. These two files are automatically open when Asutype is launched.
CorrectorGroupFileList CorrectorMyFileList	A list of correction files that you want to open at startup. Files are separated by |
SpellerGroupFileList SpellerMyFileList	A list of spelling dictionaries that you want to open at startup. Files are separated by |
NotAllowedHotcode	A list of hot codes that you don’t want to allow to run. The hot codes are separated by |	For example: NotAllowedHotcode = EDITABLE, EXECUTE | OPEN will ignore hot codes and when processing text shortcuts

 

By using two file lists for its data files, you can set Asutype to always open certain shared files in your group. For example, suppose that you want to share all technical terms used for project Discovery in your team, you can set it up as:

in the group configuration file. Because the entry is marked as FIXED, and is in the group configuration file, it will not be overwritten by the same setting in a normal user configuration. As the result, Asutype will automatically open the “discovery.spelling” every time it starts up, regardless of the setting in each individual user configuration.