The Kristina Edit GUI

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Kristina Edit is a full featured code editor based on the Scintilla edit control.

Access to the features may be through mouse clicks or navigation hot keys.

The Kristina Edit GUI, Graphical User Interface, is in four main sections:

1. The Editor

2. The Menu

3. The Toolbar

4. The Statusbar

The Editor

This is where code editing takes place.

The editor may be customized to suit your taste.

See View and Options for more information.

You may navigate the editor, and access Kristina Edit's tools, using hot keys.

See Navigation for more information.

The Menu

Files Menu

New (Alt+F+N)

Readies editor for new Bas file.

If there is code in the editor, you will be prompted to save it if it has been changed.

Open (Alt+F+O)

Open a bas file.

You may select the file from the MRU, most recently used, menu or browse for the file on your system.

The last file opened is always listed at the top of the MRU menu list.

 

Save  (Alt+F+S)  - Save As  (Alt+F+A)

Works the same as most ©Windows applications.

Insert File (Alt+F+I)

This function allows you insert a file at the current caret position.

The file extension defaults to *.bas;*.txt; and *.bak but any ASCII file is acceptable.

 

Print   (Alt+F+I)

Access to Kristina Edit's printing functions.  more...

Edit Menu

The Edit menu is typical for editors and has the same options.

Search

Replace

Goto Line (n)

This allows you to jump to a specified line of code in the editor.

If you enter a line number that is larger than the actual number of lines in your code, goto will go to the last line in your code.

Tip:

You can always check the line count in the second section of the Statusbar.

Syntax Check

Allows you to display a brief description of keywords.

You may highlight the keyword to check or place the caret anywhere on the word. 

Syntax Check uses F2 as its hot key.

There's more information about Kristina Edit's hot keys in the  navigation section.

Run Menu

    Run (bas)

    Run Tkn

    Create Distribution Package

View Menu

With the many options available, you may change the appearance and function of the editor to suit your needs.

The View menu includes:

Syntax color (on/off)

Margin (n)

Line numbers (on/off)

Line wrap (on/off)

Mark line (on/off)

Hide Toolbar (on/off)

Tools Menu

Just BASIC - Loads Just BASIC.

Freeform-J - Runs Freeform-J.

JB Tutorials -Runs the Just BASIC tutorials.

Calculator - Access to the MS Calculator.

BMP Editor - Access to MS Paint, PBrush, or BMP editor specified in the Options window.

Notepad - Access to Notepad or the text editor specified in the Options window.

Insert Keyword - Insert a Just BASIC Keyword at the current caret position.

Toolbox - Access to the Toolbox menu.

Options - Access to the Options window

Help Menu

Help - This file.

Help file Database - more...

Just BASIC Help file - Access to Just BASIC's helpfile.

Read Me - A text file that outlines updates and development notes.

The Toolbar

New Bas file

Open Bas file.

Save the current code in the editor

Print (quick) the current code, or selected code, in the editor

Search the current code

Cut currently selected code.

Copy currently selected code.

Paste code currently in the clipboard.

Run code currently in the editor

Help opens Kristina Edit's help file.

The Statusbar

The status bar displays information about the file that is currently in the editor.

Section One is used to display the status of the current file.

Ready - the editor is ready for code.

Modified - the code in the editor has been modified.

Saved - the code in the editor has been saved.

Section Two displays the number of lines currently in the editor.

Section Three displays the file name of the file in the editor.

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