### 2.6 Customizing the DITA2Go Project Manager

You can specify several default values that will apply to all DITA2Go projects you subsequently create, modify, or run via the DITA2Go Project Manager. These default settings are on the Preferences tab.

Specify a text editor

You will need a text editor to manage project configuration files and display log files. The default editor is Windows Notepad. To replace Notepad, in the Text editor field enter one of the following:

- the name of your text editor, if the editor is already on your system execution path
- the full absolute path to the editor executable, if it is not on the system path.

If the path to the editor executable includes spaces, you must enclose it in double quotes.

If your desktop has a shortcut to your preferred text editor, an easy way to supply the path is as follows:

1. Right-click the desktop shortcut and choose Properties > Shortcut.
2. Copy the contents of the Target field, including any path-enclosing quotes.
3. Paste the contents into the Text editor field on the Preferences tab of the DITA2Go Project Manager.

Choose what to display for a conversion

Check whether you want either or both of the following displayed when you click Run Project:

- a Windows console window, while the project is running
- the resulting log file, after the run finishes.

The log file is displayed in the text editor you named; see § Specify a text editor.

The default name of every DITA2Go log file is _d2g_log.txt, and the default location is the project output directory. With a text editor you can change the name and location in the starting configuration file; see §4.2 Logging conversion events. However, you cannot use the DITA2Go Project Manager to change this setting. All you can do is point the DITA2Go Project Manager to a log file (or any other existing file). Log entries for successive runs of the same conversion are appended to the same log file.

Choose Central vs. Local

You can establish a default location for configuration files that contain settings that apply only to conversion projects for a particular DITA source document. See §39.3.2 Deciding where to keep document-specific configuration files.

Save and restore preferences

To save the current set of options, click Set Options.

Click Reset Options to restore options to any of the following:

- The options enabled the last time you clicked Set Options.
- The options that were in force when you started the current DITA2Go Project Manager session.
- The original default options.

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Parent Topic: 2. Converting DITA documents

Sibling Topics:

2.1 Creating a DITA2Go conversion project

2.2 Modifying a DITA2Go conversion project

2.3 Configuring default DITA2Go project settings

2.4 Inspecting and editing configuration files

2.5 Running a DITA2Go conversion

2.7 Converting documents from the command line