Configuring P4V preferences
To configure settings for P4V, choose Tools>Preferences... The Preferences
dialog
is displayed. You can specify the following settings.
General tab
- Check server for updates every n minutes: specifies how often
P4V
checks the server for updated file information.
- Number of list entries to fetch at a time: specifies the maximum
number of files for which information is retrieved from the server, to help
minimize the time it takes P4V to start up. The most recent entries are
retrieved. To retrieve all entries, specify 0.
- Maximum number of files displayed per changelist: specifies the
maximum number of files displayed in a
changelist. This helps minimize the time it takes P4V to handle and submit very
large changelists. You can still submit changelists with more than this number
of files, but the files are displayed as follows:
- Pending and Submitted tabs state "There are ### files in this
changelist."
- Spec Details tab shows the
list of files in a simple text box.
- Log options
- Log all: enables logging of all server activity.
- Enable logging to file: enable if you want P4V activity logged to
a file.
- File Name: specifies the name and location of the log file.
- File Size: specifies the maximum size of the log file.
- Display all P4V windows in one master window: confines all P4V
windows to a containing window. If you change this setting, you must restart
P4V to make your change take effect.
- Enable diff2 on file-to-file drag and drop: launches the diff
utility
when you drop a file on another file.
- Enable integration on directory-to-directory drag and drop:
launches
the integration dialog when you drop a folder on another folder.
- Warn before reverting files: select this option to have P4V warn
you whenever you are reverting files.
Start Up tab
Specifies how the active server and workspace are determined
when you start P4V.
- Show the Perforce Connection dialog: displays the Perforce
Connection
dialog, from which you can specify the desired connection settings.
- Restore the last Perforce workspace used: connect to the last-
used
server and open the last-used workspace.
- Open the client workspace that matches your Perforce environment
settings:
use the server and workspace specified by your environment settings.
Editor tab
Enables you to specify the editor to be launched for a
file type.
To assign an editor to a file type:
- Click Choose Editor. The Choose the editor dialog is
displayed.
- Browse to the program you want to use to edit the specified file type
and click Open. The program name is displayed in the editor field.
- Type the file extension in the Associate with file extensions field.
For example: .txt.
- Click Add
- If desired, type another file extension and click Add again.
- Click OK to save your entries.