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The most important options of ECB

Here are the most important options (it is recommended to check at least the following options before working with ECB):

ecb-source-path
Where ECB can find your sources. You must set this option!
ecb-show-help-format
Should the online help of ECB be displayed in the standard Info format or in HTML format in a web-browser.
ecb-auto-activate
ecb-major-modes-activate
ecb-major-modes-deactivate
Auto. (de)activation of ECB
ecb-key-map
All ECB-keybindings incl. a common prefix-key (see Using the keyboard).
ecb-new-ecb-frame
Should ECB create a new frame at activation time.
ecb-primary-secondary-mouse-buttons
ecb-primary-mouse-jump-destination
Define how to use the mouse (see Using the mouse).
ecb-tree-expand-symbol-before
ecb-tree-indent
The look&feel of the trees in the tree-buffers. Maybe you like a value of 4 for the latter one if you display the expand-symbol before (see Changing the ECB-layout).
ecb-source-file-regexps
Which files will (not) be shown in ECB.
ecb-show-node-info-in-minibuffer
When and which node-info should be displayed in the minibuffer?
ecb-layout-name
The ECB layout, means which windows you want to be displayed in the ECB-frame and also the location of these windows (see Changing the ECB-layout).
ecb-token-display-function
ecb-type-token-display
ecb-show-tokens
How to display the entries in the ECB-method window for semantic supported sources (see Customizing the display). These options take only effect for semantic-sources (see Definition of semantic- and non-semantic-sources).
ecb-process-non-semantic-files
Displaying file-contents for not by semantic supported files too, e.g. for LaTeX- and perl-sources.

But to make ECB working best for you it is also recommended to have a look at Customizable options!