Configuration: Tips

The following are some configuration options that most users may be interested in customizing.

Contextual keyboard shortcuts

Outspline has contextual keyboard shortcuts that are disabled by default. To enable them, set contextual_shortcuts = on under the [Interfaces.wxgui] section.

See Configuration:-Interfaces#interfaceswxgui for further information.

Autohiding menu bar

The menu bar at the top can be set to autohide, so that it does not waste vertical space on the screen. You can show it by moving the mouse past the top edge of the main window, or by pressing F10. This option is especially useful if you have learnt the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts and do not need to navigate the menus often.

Just set autohide_menubar = yes under the [Interfaces.wxgui] section.

See Configuration:-Interfaces#interfaceswxgui for further information.

Database tree icons

The character-icons that appear next to the items in the database tree can be set to the character you want. For example you may want to use prettier Unicode symbols that are supported in your system.

For the multiline text icon, change the symbol = + option under the [Interfaces.wxgui.TreeIcons] section.

See Configuration:-Interfaces#interfaceswxguitreeicons for further information.

For the schedule rules icon, change the symbol = @ option under the [Plugins.wxscheduler.TreeIcons] section.

See Configuration:-Plugins#pluginswxschedulertreeicons for further information.

For the links icon, change the symbol = ~ option under the [Plugins.wxlinks.TreeIcons] section.

See Configuration:-Plugins#pluginswxlinkstreeicons for further information.

Schedule view

First day of the week

The first day of the week is not the same everywhere in the world: you likely want to use your local standard in the schedule view. Just set the first_weekday = 0 option under the [Plugins.wxtasklist] section: the days are represented by numbers from 0 (Monday) to 6 (Sunday).

See Configuration:-Plugins#pluginswxtasklist for further information.

Hide unused navigator buttons

If you have learnt the keyboard shortcuts for the buttons in the schedule navigator, you can hide them. You can also use this option to change their order.

Just delete or move the respective word in the navigator_buttons = previous,next,reset,set,apply option (it must be a comma-separated list) under the [Plugins.wxtasklist] section; if you leave the string empty, only the filter controls will be shown in the navigator.

Remember that the whole navigator can also be shown or hidden regardless of the value of this option.

See Configuration:-Plugins#pluginswxtasklist for further information.

Preset alarm snooze times

When trying to snooze an alarm, besides the generic snooze dialog you are also shown some preset snooze times in the menu: you can add more presets, or change the current ones, by setting the snooze_times = 5 60 1440 option under the [Plugins.wxtasklist] section. Note that it must be a space-separated list of numbers representing intervals in minutes.

See Configuration:-Plugins#pluginswxtasklist for further information.

Schedule time formats

You can customize the format of the times shown in the schedule by setting the options under the [Plugins.wxtasklist.Formats] section.

See Configuration:-Plugins#pluginswxtasklistformats for further information.

Maximum number of events

The number of events that can be shown in the schedule is limited by the maximum_items option under the [Plugins.wxtasklist] section. The default value is very conservative to accommodate slower CPUs: you may be able to extend this limit without any noticeable performance loss.

See Configuration:-Plugins#pluginswxtasklist for further information.

Insert Tab characters in the text editor

By default, pressing Tab in an item's text editor will cycle to the next interface widget. You can instead have a tabulation character inserted by setting text_process_tab = yes under the [Interfaces.wxgui] section.

Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+Tab and Esc are still available for unfocusing the text area.

See Configuration:-Interfaces#interfaceswxgui for further information.

Logs limits

The maximum number of items shown in the logs can be customized, see Configuration:-Core#history and Configuration:-Extensions#extensionsorganism_alarms.