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<H3>Settings and Preferences</H3>
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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 that were 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.html">Standard mode</a> and are not visible in <a href="browseonly.html">Viewer
mode</a>. </p>
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</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.
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<h4>Change Password</h4>
<blockquote> Enables you to change the password for the effective user. </blockquote>
<h4>Back-in-Time Browsing®</h4>
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<ul>
<li>
<p> <b>On</b>: to enable <a href="bitb.html">Back-in-Time Browsing®</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®. </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.
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<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...
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<input type=radio> <B>rcs</B> shows additions and deletions made to the file and associated line ranges.
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<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.
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<input type=radio> <B>unified format</B> shows added and deleted lines with sufficient context for compatibility with the <code>patch(1)</code> utility.
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<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>
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<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 "page
content limit" message often, try increasing the limit.
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