Configuring the SAS/IML Studio Interface

Program Editor Options

You can configure aspects of the SAS/IML Studio program editor. The program editor is used to write and debug IMLPlus programs. IMLPlus programming is described in SAS/IML Studio for SAS/STAT Users and in the SAS/IML Studio online Help. You can display the online Help by selecting Help →Help Topics from the main menu.

To display the Program Editor tab (shown in Figure 34.5), select Tools →Options from the main menu, and click Program Editor.

Figure 34.5: The Program Editor Tab

The Program Editor tab has the following fields:

Enable automatic indention: specifies whether the program editor automatically indents new lines to match the indention of the previous line.
Enable syntax color coding: specifies whether the program editor color-codes keywords, string literals, comments, and predefined IMLPlus constants.
Allow cursor movement past end of line: specifies whether you can move the cursor beyond an end-of-line character in the program editor.
Insert tabs/spaces: specifies whether the program editor inserts a tab character or space characters when you press the TAB key, and when the program editor automatically indents a line.
Tab width: specifies the width (in characters) of the tab positions.
Display tabs as visible characters: specifies whether the program editor displays each tab character as the symbol $\gg$ .