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## Chapter 6
The IDE

The IDE (Integrated Development Environment) provides a comfortable user interface to the compiler. It contains an editor with syntax highlighting, a debugger, symbol browser etc. The IDE is a text-mode application which has the same look and feel on all supported operating systems. It is modelled after the IDE of Turbo Pascal, so many people should feel comfortable using it.

Currently, the IDE is available for D O S, WI N D O W S and L I N U X.

6.1 First steps with the IDE
Starting the IDE
IDE Command line options
The IDE screen
6.2 Navigating in the IDE
Using the keyboard
Using the mouse
Navigating in dialogs
6.3 Windows
Window basics
Sizing and moving windows
Working with multiple windows
Dialog windows
6.4 The Menu
Accessing the menu
The File menu
The Edit menu
The Search menu
The Run menu
The Compile menu
The Debug menu
The Tools menu
The Options menu
The Window menu
The Help menu
6.5 Editing text
Insert modes
Blocks
Setting bookmarks
Jumping to a source line
Syntax highlighting
Code Completion
Code Templates
6.6 Searching and replacing
6.7 The symbol browser
6.8 Running programs
6.9 Debugging programs
Using breakpoints
Using watches
The call stack
The GDB window
6.10 Using Tools
The messages window
Grep
The ASCII table
The calculator
Adding new tools
Meta parameters
Building a command line dialog box
6.11 Project management and compiler options
The primary file
The directory dialog
The target operating system
Compiler options
Linker options
Memory sizes
Debug options
The switches mode
6.12 Customizing the IDE
Preferences
The desktop
The Editor
Mouse
Colors
6.13 The help system
Navigating in the help system
Working with help files
The about dialog
6.14 Keyboard shortcuts

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