Settings Window

Open WriteRoom's settings with WriteRoom > Settings… (Command-,).

How Settings Work

Settings apply to all of WriteRoom. Many are defaults for new windows. The View menu and This Window Settings change just the front window. A window keeps its changes when WriteRoom reopens it, and when you change Settings, until you Reset it.

Setting	Change one window
Appearance and theme	View > Theme
Font size	View > Zoom In, Zoom Out
Line width	View > Line Width
Line numbers, sticky headings, minimap	View > Line Numbers, Sticky Headings, Minimap Scroller

Panes

• General: what new windows show, Typewriter Mode and Writing Focus Mode, the split direction, the format of new documents, and updates. Reset All Settings is here too.
• Appearance: Auto, Light, or Dark, and the theme for each. See Using Themes.
• Typography: font, size, line height, and line width. See Typography.
• Markdown: lists, tables, the flavor, line breaks, and what Hide Formatting hides.
• Autocorrect: corrections, substitutions, and completions. See Spelling & Grammar.
• Sound: typing and mouse sounds. See Typing Sounds.
• License: your license or trial. See Licensing.

See also

• Using Windows
• Focus & Typewriter
• Plain Text & Markdown
• Software Update