7.3. Entity defaults

When epcEdit loads or creates a document, the entity settings are initialized to default values. The default values affect the expand status, the key binding, and display format of an entity.

The initial expand-status of an entity is determined as follows:

• If the entity is not a TEXT entity, the expand-status of the entity is set to No.

• If the entity is an internal text entity and the content of the text entity is only a single character, then epcEdit sets the expand-status of the entity to NO.

• If the entity is a text entity that is not an internal entity or if the content of the entity is not a single character, the expand-status is set to YES.

The initial key bindings and replacement characters are defined by the default character map which resides in an external file with the name defcmap in your epcEdit installation directories. This file contains replacement characters and key bindings for the most commonly used entities, such as lt, amp, etc.

The default character map is read every time that a document is created or loaded by epcEdit. The settings defined in the default character map can be overridden by information from the document template which has a higher priority than the default settings.

If necessary, the default character map can be modified with a text editor of your choice by editing the defcmap file. The format of this file is described in the comments at the beginning of the file. We recommend to make a backup-copy of the defcmap file before actually modifying its content.