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\autocorrect.xml - autocorrection data
• data\syntax\…_spec.xml + …_user.xml - specification and user files for separated syntaxes
• data\colors\color_….xml - color palettes
• 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 the second machine too.
The only way to avoid this, if you initially install HE on a 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.