HippoEDIT stores configuration in different files.

• hippoedit.config - stores global IDE settings
• workspaces\default.hewsp - Default workspace. Window positions and states, open files, recent files, input history etc for HE started standalone
• workspaces\viewer.hewsp - Viewer workspace. Same as default.hewsp but for cases when HE started by double click from explorer (if –workspace=viewer passed in command line)
• data\settings.xml - editor settings
• data\syntax\…_spec.xml + …_user.xml - specification and user files for separated syntaxes
• data\keymaps\keymap_default.xml - default keyboard layout

All paths are default and relative to HippoEDIT user directory.

Usually if you are asked to send configuration files, you need to send:

• hippoedit.config
• workspaces\default.hewsp (better to send whole workspaces directory)
• data\settings.xml (better to send whole data directory).

Sometimes, if problem occurs in context of some specific syntax, it is better to to send also data\syntax\%you_syntax%_spec.xml + %you_syntax%_user.xml.

It is not possible to copy license.dat from one PC to another one. You need to re-register (enter your license key) in second machine too.
The only way to avoid this, if you initially install HE on flash (remote) drive. In this case license.dat would be bound to it.

• <file name>.auto.tmp –> They are for auto recovery function.
• <file name>.heinf or <file name>.inf.xml –> These are file satellites, containing document related information
• %TEMP%\he*.tmp –> HippoEDIT temporary files.
• <file name>.bak –> Backup of last file state before modifying (Options→Editor→File Backup)
• <workspace_name.undo> –> undo history for files open in workspace (stored between sessions). From 1.50.
• *.heprj –> HippoEDIT project files.