on your Mac, use Apperance preferences to choose the appearance of documents, such as font, line height, and the colors. To change these preferences, choose CotEditor > Preferences, then click Appearance.In the CotEditor app on your Mac, use Apperance preferences to choose the appearance of documents, such as font, line height, and the colors. To change these preferences, choose CotEditor > Preferences, then click Appearance.
| Option | Description |
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| Font | The font and font size for the editor. To change the font or font size, click Select, then choose a different font or font size. |
| Anti-aliasing | Display text in the editor anti-aliased. Anti-aliasing is a rendaring feature that smoothes jagged edges. |
| Ligatures | Apply the standard ligature rules to the editor's text, or disable all ligatures. A ligature is a typographic feature joining specific characters as a single glyph. |
| Line height | Line height with a value indicating the number of lines. The range must be from 0.1 to 10.0. |
| Change background color | Highlight the lines in which cursors exist with another background color. The “Current Line” color in the selected theme will be used for this highlight. |
| Cursor | The style of the cursor in the editor. |
| Show invisible characters | Transform invisible characters — such as line endings, whitespaces, or control characters — into alternative symbols in order to make them viewable. See Displaying invisible characters for about the available types of invisible characters. |
| Show indent guides | Draw guides for each indent width in the indent parts of the document. |
| Appearance | Choose the document window appearance regardless of the system appearance state. |
| Theme | Choose your default coloring theme for the editor, and manage the themes. See About theme for about theme customization. |
| Theme list | Choose your default theme for the text view. |
| Add +, Remove - | Create a new theme or remove the selected theme. The themes bundled with CotEditor can not be removed. |
| Other Actions (gear) |
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| Theme editor | Edit the selected theme. Click the color wells to choose colors.
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