Positron Compiler Documentation

Assembler Window

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The Assembler plugin allows you to view and modify the *.asm file generated by the compiler. Using the Assembler window to modify the generated *.asm file is not really recommended, unless you have some experience using assembler.

Assembler Menu Bar

File Menu New - Creates a new document. A header is automatically generated, showing information such as author, copyright and date.

• Open - Displays a open dialog box, enabling you to load a document into the Assembler

plugin. If the document is already open, then the document is made the active editor page.

• Save - Saves a document to disk. This button is normally disabled unless the document

has been changed. If the document is 'untitled', a save as dialog is invoked. A save as dialog is also invoked if the document you are trying to save is marked as read only.

• Save As - Displays a save as dialog, enabling you to name and save a document to

disk.

•Close - Closes the currently active document.
•Close All - Closes all editor documents and then creates a new editor document.
•Reopen - Displays a list of Most Recently Used (MRU) documents.
•Print Setup - Displays a print setup dialog.
•Print - Prints the currently active editor page.
•Exit - Enables you to exit the Assembler plugin.

Edit Menu

•Undo - Cancels any changes made to the currently active document page.
•Redo - Reverse an undo command.
•Cut - Cuts any selected text from the active document page and places it into the clip-

board.

• Copy - Copies any selected text from the active document page and places it into the

clipboard.

• Paste - Paste the contents of the clipboard into the active document page. This option is

disabled if the clipboard does not contain any suitable text.

•Delete - Deletes any selected text. This option is disabled if no text has been selected.
•Select All - Selects the entire text in the active document page.
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•Find - Displays a find dialog.
•Replace - Displays a find and replace dialog.
•Find Next - Automatically searches for the next occurrence of a word. If no search word

has been selected, then the word at the current cursor position is used. You can also select a whole phrase to be used as a search term. If the editor is still unable to identify a search word, a find dialog is displayed.

View Menu

•Options - Displays the application editor options dialog.
•Toolbars - Display or hide the main and assemble and program toolbars. You can also

toggle the toolbar icon size.

Help Menu Help Topics - Displays the IDE help file.

About - Display about dialog, giving the Assembler plugin version number.

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