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<section id="general">
	<title>General</title>
	<para>
		On the
		<emphasis role="strong">Help</emphasis>
		preferences page, you can indicate how to display help
		information.
	</para>
	<para>The following preferences can be changed on the General
		preference page.</para>
	<para>
		<informaltable>
			<tgroup cols="3">
				<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1* " />
				<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
				<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
				<thead>
					<row>
						<entry>Option</entry>
						<entry>Description</entry>
						<entry>Default</entry>
					</row>
				</thead>
				<tbody>
					<row>
						<entry>Always run in background</entry>
						<entry>
							Turn this option on to perform long running operations in
							the background without blocking you from doing other work.
						</entry>
						<entry>Off</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>Keep next/previous part dialog open</entry>
						<entry>
							If this option is turned on then the editor and view cycle
							dialogs will remain open when their activation key is let go.
							Normally the dialog closes as soon as the key combination is
							release.
						</entry>
						<entry>Off</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>Show Heap Status</entry>
						<entry>
							Turn this option on to display an indicator showing
							information about current Java heap usage.
						</entry>
						<entry>Off</entry>
					</row>
					<row>
						<entry>Open mode...</entry>
						<entry>
							You can select one of the following methods for opening
							resources:
							<itemizedlist spacing="normal" mark="bullet">
								<listitem>Double click - Single clicking on a resource will
									select it and
									double clicking on it will open it in an editor.
								</listitem>
								<listitem>
									Single click (Select on hover) - Hovering the mouse
									cursor over
									the resource will select it and clicking on it once
									will open it
									in an editor.</listitem>

								<listitem>Single click (Open when using arrow keys) - Selecting
									a resource
									with the arrow keys will open it in an editor.
								</listitem>
							</itemizedlist>
							<emphasis role="strong">Note:</emphasis>
							Depending on
							which view has focus, selecting and opening a
							resource may have
							different behavior.
						</entry>
						<entry>Double click</entry>
					</row>
				</tbody>
			</tgroup>
		</informaltable>
	</para>
	<para>Here is what the General preferences page looks like:</para>
	<para>
		<screenshot>
			<mediaobject>
				<imageobject>
					<imagedata scale="50" fileref="images/general_screen.png"
						format="PNG" />
				</imageobject>
			</mediaobject>
		</screenshot>
	</para>
	
    &appearance;
    &network_connections;

</section>