Positron Compiler Documentation

Menu Bar

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File Menu

• New - Creates a new document. A header is automatically generated, showing informa-

tion such as author, copyright and date. To toggle this feature on or off, or edit the header properties, you should select editor options.

• Open - Displays a open dialog box, enabling you to load a document into the IDE. 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 Preview - Displays a print preview window.
•Print - Prints the currently active editor page.
•Exit - Enables you to exit the IDE.

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. This option is disabled if no text has been selected. Clipboard data is placed as both plain text and RTF.

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

clipboard. This option is disabled if no text has been selected. Clipboard data is placed as both plain text and RTF.

• 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.
•Change Case - Allows you to change the case of a selected block of text.
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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

•Results - Display or hide the results window.
•Code Explorer - Display or hide the code explorer window.
•Loader - Displays the MicroCode Loader application (no longer applicable).
•Loader Options - Displays the MicroCode Loader options dialog (no longer applicable).
•Compile and Program Options - Displays the compile and program options dialog.
•Editor Options - Displays the application editor options dialog.
•Toolbars - Display or hide the main, edit and compile and program toolbars. You can

also toggle the toolbar icon size.

•Plugin - Display a drop down list of available IDE plugins.
•Online Updates - Executes the IDE online update process, which checks online and in-

stalls the latest IDE updates.

Help Menu

•Help Topics - Displays the help file section for the toolbar.
•About - Display about dialog, giving both the IDE. However, if the compiler’s version

needs to be seen, press the F2 button after a successful compile, and the compiler version, and the registration can be seen in the assembler code’s header text.

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