Manually set xed text editor preferences

[Envrin]

Just got Linux Mint 19 setup and running on my new laptop, and as per-usual the default text editor is xed, which I want to keep using as I'm used to it.

However, I unfortunately went blind a couple years ago, and the Edit->Preferences menu within text editor is unreadable by the Orca screen reader. I can hear the toggle buttons, but can't read what I'm toggling.

Where is the xed preferences file? Or are there any commands that let me change the preferences via terminal? I just want by default to not use word-wrap, and to treat the tab key as a tab and not 4 spaces.

If I could get those two preferences changed via terminal or by modifying a prefs file somewhere, I would be forever greateful. Thanks in advance.

[smurphos]

Use tab as tab

gsettings set org.x.editor.preferences.editor insert-spaces false

Turn off word wrap

gsettings set org.x.editor.preferences.editor wrap-mode 'none'

[JosephM]

However, I unfortunately went blind a couple years ago, and the Edit->Preferences menu within text editor is unreadable by the Orca screen reader. I can hear the toggle buttons, but can't read what I'm toggling.

Is it the menu or the actual preferences window that don't work with Orca? Sounds like something I should look in to. We get very little feedback regarding this sort of thing so often don't even realize people are having issues.