Tools Menu
The Tools Menu displays commands that control various tools in the
system, or displays dialogs that control or report on tools. The
commands on the menu are:
- Compile Project --
Compiles any files of the current project that are out of date.
(I.e. those which have no compiled version or those whose compiled
version is earlier than the source version.)
- Full Compile --
Compiles all files associated with the current project.
- Incremental Compile -- Compiles and evaluates the selected form or
forms. A form is selected if it is highlighted or if the cursor is
within it or just after the final parenthesis. See the description of
the Editor
Workbook for more information on this command and the IDE
editor.
- Incremental Evaluation --
Evaluates the selected form or forms. A
form is selected if it is highlighted or if the cursor is within it or
just after the final parenthesis. See the description of the Editor Workbook for
more information on this command and the IDE editor.
- Evaluate Clipboard -- Evaluates the top item on the clipboard. In
releases prior to 7.0, the standard shortcut for this command was
control-Q. In 7.0, it is control-shift-Q, since control-Q is used on
the Edit menu for inserting a special character.
- Browse Class --
Displays the Class Browser dialog. If the
current selection is a symbol naming a class, that class is browsed
but the dialog displays whether or not it can determine the class of
interest.
- Graph Subclasses --
Displays a graph of subclasses of the class named by the
currently-selected symbol. Displays nothing if the current selection
does not name a class.
- Graph Superclasses --
Displays a graph of superclasses of the class named by the
currently-selected symbol. Displays nothing if the current selection
does not name a class.
- Inspect System Data --
Displays a submenu of things to inspect:
-
CG Configuration options: details of the CG environment.
-
IDE Configuration options: details of the IDE environment.
-
Current Package
-
All Packages
-
Character Names
-
Key Names
-
Font Faces
-
Top-Level Development Windows
-
All Top-Level Windows
-
Allegro Menu Bar
-
Online File Systems
-
OS Version Info
-
Memory Status
- Return Selected Object -- Returns (to the Debug window)
and sets the value of
*
to the currently-selected object, usually text or a control on a form.
The variable *selected-object*
will also hold the value that
was returned by the most recent use of this command. The value of
*selected-object*
will
be effected by other uses of this command but will not be affected (as
*
will be) by
evaluations in the Debug window.
- Get Component --
Changes the cursor to a cross. Returns to the Debug window and sets
the value of * to the next object clicked over.
- Save Options Now --
This command, if chosen, saves the current options (the current values
on the Options dialog
and the current window positions and sizes and which windows are
visible) to the file prefs.cl. This command
is useful if you wish to arrange things as you want them to come up,
and then want to be free to make changes for the current session only
(such as moving, resizing, or hiding windows). If you use this
command, you may want to toggle the Save Options on
Exit switch on the Tools menu to off (unchecked) so options
are not again saved on exit, perhaps overwriting what you saved now.
- Save Options On Exit --
This command displays whether options (the current values on the
Options dialog and
the current window positions and sizes and which windows are visible)
will be saved to the file prefs.cl when Allegro CL exits. If this item
in the menu is checked, options will be saved on exit; if it is
unchecked, options will not be saved on exit.
If options are saved, the IDE will come up with all standard windows
sized and positioned as they were on the last exit. Some users like this
feature. Others prefer to have the IDE come up in a specific fashion,
and to then be free to move and resize windows as desired during the
current invocation without having such changes affect the next
invocation.
To ensure that Save Options on Exit is toggled off when the IDE
starts, toggle it off and choose Tools | Save Options
Now.
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Created 2010.1.21.