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The CVS settings in Application Developer are extensive and cannot be covered in full here. Some of the more important settings are highlighted in Table | 8-1 with short descriptions. A complete description of the remaining settings can be obtained from the Application Developer help system.
Table 28-1

Category Window Preferences Description
General CVS Settings Team Ć CVS Settings for the behavior in communicating with CVS, handling the files and projects received from CVS and when to prompt the user for certain activities.
Annotate Team Ć CVS Ć Annotate Switch on or of annotating of binary files.
Comment Templates Team Ć CVS Ć Comment Templates Let you create, edit or remove comment templates which can be used while checking in a file.
Console Team Ć CVS Ć Console Various settings for the CVS console view including a flag to for whether to display CVS commands to the console.
Ext Connection Method Team Ć CVS Ć
Ext Connection Method Settings to identify the ssh external program and associated parameters when using the ext protocol to communicate with the CVS server.
Label Decorations Team Ć CVS Ć
Label Decorations Settings for how to display the CVS state of resources in RAD v7.5.
Password Management Team Ć CVS Ć Password Management Manages which repositories have passwords saved within RAD v7.5.
Synchronize/Compare Team Ć CVS Ć Synchronize/Compare Various settings for comparison
Update/
Merge Team Ć CVS Ć Update/Merge Settings for guiding the Application Developer process when merging is required during synchronization.
Watch/Edit Team Ć CVS Ć Watch/Edit Settings for the CVS watch and edit functionality which allows users to be informed (via e-mail) when a file has been edited or committed by another user.

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Category	Window Preferences	Description
General CVS Settings	Team Ć CVS	Settings for the behavior in communicating with CVS, handling the files and projects received from CVS and when to prompt the user for certain activities.
Annotate	Team Ć CVS Ć Annotate	Switch on or of annotating of binary files.
Comment Templates	Team Ć CVS Ć Comment Templates	Let you create, edit or remove comment templates which can be used while checking in a file.
Console	Team Ć CVS Ć Console	Various settings for the CVS console view including a flag to for whether to display CVS commands to the console.
Ext Connection Method	Team Ć CVS Ć Ext Connection Method	Settings to identify the ssh external program and associated parameters when using the ext protocol to communicate with the CVS server.
Label Decorations	Team Ć CVS Ć Label Decorations	Settings for how to display the CVS state of resources in RAD v7.5.
Password Management	Team Ć CVS Ć Password Management	Manages which repositories have passwords saved within RAD v7.5.
Synchronize/Compare	Team Ć CVS Ć Synchronize/Compare	Various settings for comparison
Update/ Merge	Team Ć CVS Ć Update/Merge	Settings for guiding the Application Developer process when merging is required during synchronization.
Watch/Edit	Team Ć CVS Ć Watch/Edit	Settings for the CVS watch and edit functionality which allows users to be informed (via e-mail) when a file has been edited or committed by another user.