LitSearch has a number of configurable settings. In most cases, you can remain with the defaults for most settings. However, you may need to modify some of the settings in order to run the software, for example if you are using a Web proxy server. LitSearch settings are contained, in XML format, in a file named litsearch-settings.xml, which is located under the folder <user.home>/.litsearch/data/.
The specifications in the litsearch-settings.xml file -- and how to customize them -- are described below.
If you are going through a proxy server for Web content, then you need to specify this in the litsearch-settings.xml file. You will need to specify the host name, the port upon which the proxy server is connected to, and whether or not the proxy is enabled. Setting the enabled attribute allows you to more easily switch between different computing environments without having to re-enter host information. An example of LitSearch proxy settings appears below.
<proxy host="proxy.agilent.com" port="8080" enabled="true"/>
The autosave capability enables you to pause a search and resume at a later time. This is particularly useful when running long searches. An excerpt from the litsearch-settings.xml file appears below:
<autosave state="true" file-location="data/ls-autosave.alfa"/>
These are the default settings for autosave, so you only need to modify this if you want to diable the autosave capability or if you want to autosave to a different file.