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<TITLE>Settings and Preferences</TITLE>

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  <P> Click the <b>Settings</b> tab to change your Perforce settings and P4Web 
    preferences. Please note: 
  <ul>

    <li> You must click the <b>Save</b> button on the <b>Settings</b> page to 
      store your new settings. 
      <p></p>
</li>
<li>
      <p> Clicking your browser's <b>Back</b> button after you click <b>Save</b> 
        does not preserve settings. Pages displayed using the <b>Back</b> button 
        are displayed using the settings thatwere in effect when they were initially 
        displayed.</p>
</li>
<li>
      <p> Some settings and preferences are applicable only if you are using P4Web 
        in <a href="helper?help">Standard mode</a> and are not visible in <a href="browseonly?help">Viewer 
        mode</a>. </p>
</li>
</ul>

<h4>Change Client</h4>

  <blockquote> Enables you to switch to another client workspace. 
   To list clients<b>, </b>click the<b> Clients</b> tab. If you leave this 
      field blank, P4Web uses its startup environment to determine which client 
      workspace to use. 
  </blockquote>

<h4>Change Password</h4>

  <blockquote> Enables you to change the password for the effective user. </blockquote>

<h4>Back-in-Time Browsing&#174</h4>
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  <blockquote> 
    <ul>
      <li> 
        <p> <b>On</b>: to enable <a href="bitb?help">Back-in-Time Browsing&#174</a>, 
          click this button and enter a date or changelist number in the adjacent 
          field. (For dates, use the format <code>YYYY/MM/DD</code> or <code>YYYY/MM/DD:HH:MM:SS</code>.) 
        </p>
      </li>
      <p> 
      <li> <b>Off</b>: disable Back-in-Time Browsing&#174. </li>
    </ul>

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<h4>Diff/Resolve Preferences</h4>
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Use these options to specify the output of diffed/resolved files.
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<ul>
<li>Set the <B>Show</B> option to determine the display format of the diffed files:
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<input type=radio> <b>all diffs</b> shows all of the diffs in the file.
<br>
<input type=radio> <B>diffs ignoring whitespace changes</B> ignores changes in horizontal whitespace.
<br>
<input type=radio> <B>diffs ignoring all whitespace</B> ignores horizontal whitespace altogether.
<br>
<input type=radio> <B>diffs ignoring line endings</B> ignores line endings when comparing files.
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<li>Set the <B>Show diffs using</B> option to determine what information is displayed when the files are diffed:
	<blockquote>
	<input type=radio> <b>default</b> shows the default...
	<br>
	<input type=radio> <B>rcs</B> shows additions and deletions made to the file and associated line ranges.
	<br>
	<input type=radio> <B>context</B> shows line number ranges and three lines of context around the changes.
	<br>
	<input type=radio> <B>summary</B> shows only the number of chunks and lines added, deleted, or changed.
	<br>
	<input type=radio> <B>unified format</B> shows added and deleted lines with sufficient context for compatibility with the <code>patch(1)</code> utility.
</blockquote>
<li>Set the <B>Resolve files based on</B> option to define the parameters used when resolving files.
<blockquote>
<input type=radio> <b>all diffs</b> shows all of the diffs in the file.
<br>
<input type=radio> <B>diffs ignoring whitespace changes</B> ignores changes in horizontal whitespace.
<br>
<input type=radio> <B>diffs ignoring all whitespace</B> ignores horizontal whitespace altogether.
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</ul>



<h4>Miscellaneous</h4>

  <blockquote> 
    <p> <b><a name="pcl">Page content limit:</a></b> controls how much text P4Web 
      sends from the Perforce Server to your browser per web page. The default 
      page content limit is 1024K bytes. </p>
   Some browsers can stall when trying to display very large pages. If you encounter 
    this problem, reduce P4Web page content limit. Lowering the limit can reduce 
    the amount of useful information you can see with P4Web, but prevents your 
    browser from swamping your workstation. When P4Web reaches the page content 
    limit, it sends a message for your browser to display. If you see the &quot;page 
    content limit&quot; message often, try increasing the limit. 
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