The preferences dialog can be used to change the application-wide configuration. Other than project settings this configuration is not project specific. All JDKs which you want to use with CodeGuide have to be configured in the JDK section:

Normally the list of JDKs is created by the JDK and library search dialog when CodeGuide is started for the first time (see Initial configuration). But when you install new JDKs or deinstall old ones you need to update the list. JDK configurations can be removed by using the remove button. Please note that this does not remove the JDK from your computer. When you want to configure a newly installed JDK the easiest way to do this is to use the Search for JDKs button. It will popup a dialog where you have to specify where the new JDK is installed in the filesystem. This works just like the startup dialog (see Initial configuration).
Below the list of configured JDKs you see the settings for each JDK. Usually you should not have to alter the different settings. You should edit those properties only if   you want to change the name of the JDK or if you want to use IBM's Jikes compiler. Please not that you should especially not change the system classpath in order to add libraries (like Swing) to the project. Use the library section instead (see Configured libraries).
There also are special settings for each JDK which can be altered with the advanced settings dialog:

With these options the behavior of the VM or the compiler can be influenced. For example you can give the VM more initial memory. The other options field allows you to pass command line arguments directly to the compiler or VM.

All libraries (like Swing) which you want to use with CodeGuide have to be configured in the libraries section:

Normally the list of libraries is created by the JDK and library search dialog when CodeGuide is started for the first time (see Initial configuration). If you want to add new libraries, the easiest way to do so is using the Search for libraries button. It will popup a dialog where you have to specify where the new library is installed in the filesystem. Please check if the library source directories and the library class directories are correct before you use the newly added library.

The behavior of the source code analysis can be configured in a separate section:

Complete analysis means that all open Java files are checked, partial analysis means that only the structure of open files is analyzed and no analysis means that CodeGuide behaves just like an ordinary editor. Normally you do not need to change these settings.

There are a lot of other things in CodeGuide which can be customized to satisfy user needs: The colors of the editor, the syntax highliting styles, the font size, the tab size, the behavior of the automatic source code formatting, the application key mapping and more. You have to play with these options to find an optimal solution.

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