Learning Perforce SCM

P4V preferences

P4V provides users with access to preferences that control most of its default and general operational characteristics. You can control the characteristics of communications with the server to adjust the responsiveness of P4V. You can specify alternative edit, difference, and merge tools by file type. You can even restore dialogs that you have chosen not to be shown again.

Management of preferences is available through the Edit | Preferences… menu. Selecting this option brings up the Preferences dialog, as we see in the following screenshot:

Selecting topics in the left column changes the preference values shown in the right side ...