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KoalaTerm Settings Template

KoalaTerm provides template for all settings. In the template, the settings that the user makes in terminal window are recorded, which can help create exactly same or most similar sessions to different hosts, so that the settings of terminal can be greatly simplified.

1. When a session is connected with the remote host, click the Setup button on the tool bar, or right click the mouse.
2. On the pop-up KoalaTerm Settings dialog box, select the pages and modify the settings, and then click OK to close the box.
3. On the menu bar, click Connection , and click Save As Template .
4. On the pop-up "Save Settings As Template" box (see fig.1), type the Template Name in the text typing field, or select one from the Available Templates list, then click OK to create the template and close the box.

   Note:

• If you want to create another template, simply repeat the above four steps.
• You can create either different sessions to the same host or to a variety of hosts.
• When you create a different settings template to different hosts, for your using convenience, you are recommended to save this template with a name descriptive of the host.

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After create template, now you can fully benefit from it. What you need to do is find it in the directory, then open it, don't need to waste time on modifying terminal settings any longer. In addition, you can change some settings in the template but bring no affection to other settings

1. Open Template -- On the tool bar, click New, on the pop-up New Connection box (see fig.2), select the template from the Use Template drop list, then click OK to apply this template and close the box. Or you can click Open on the tool bar, then on the pop-up Open box , select the template file, and click OK to open the template.

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2. Apply Template on General Page and Key Mapping Page: KoalaTerm allows you to change a previously saved template on General page and Key Mapping page without affecting other page settings in this template. This feature is very useful when you want to assign a settings template to a new session with a different host. Below shows how-to:

• To use template on General page, do like this : Click the New icon on the tool bar, on the pop-up New Connection box, on the Use Template drop list, select a template file that you want to use, then click Settings button. On the General page, modify the settings, then click OK. On the New Connection box, click OK to apply this template.

• To use template on Key Mapping page, do like this: Click the New icon on the tool bar, on the pop-up New Connection box, on the Use Template drop list, select a template file that you want to use, then click Settings button. Select Key Mapping page, modify the settings, then click OK. On the New Connection box, click OK to apply this template.

  Note:

• Use the above way to change the settings, KoalaTerm will not save the changings automatically, not yet prompt you to save when you are about to quit this session. So if yo want to save this session file you have to save it using "Save" menu or "Save As Template".
• After you exit the session, all the settings in this template remain unchanged.

Modify Template

If you want to delete or change the template name, find it from the directory where you put it before, and then right click the mouse and select the "Delete" or the "Rename" command.

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