BASIC stamp manual v2.2

Using the BASIC Stamp Editor
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editor will have its own tab at the top of the page labeled with the name of
the file, as seen in Figure 3.2. The full file path of the currently displayed
source code appears in the title bar. Source code that has never been saved
to disk will default to “Untitled#”; where # is an automatically generated
number. A user can switch between source code files by simply pointing
and clicking on a file’s tab or by pressing Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab while
the main edit pane is active.
Figure 3.2: Example Editor Tabs.
Shown with 6 separate files open;
Title Bar shows current code’s file
path.
The status of the active source code is indicated in the status bar below the
main edit pane and integrated explorer panel. The status bar contains
information such as cursor position, file save status, download status and
syntax error/download messages. The example in Figure 3.3 indicates
that the source code tokenized successfully.
Figure 3.3: Status Bar beneath the
Main Edit Pane.
Each editor pane can be individually split into two views of the same
source code. This can be done via the Split button on the toolbar, pressing
Ctrl-L, or clicking and dragging the top or bottom border of the editor
pane with the mouse.
Once split, the top and bottom edit controls allow viewing of different
areas of the same source code; this can be handy when needing to keep
variable declarations or a particular routine in view while modifying a
related section of code elsewhere. Note that the Split button and Ctrl+L
shortcut act like a toggle function, splitting or un-splitting the edit pane.
SPLIT WINDOW VIEW.