short overview about functionality of iVRS IDE

basics:

• choose File menubutton to:

- open several files

- choose between the most recently opened files

- save files

- close files

- leave iVRS IDE

• choose Window menubutton to navigate through opened files
  
  
• press Evaluate menubutton to:
  

- evaluate your current iVRS application code (button will do the same);
in case an error occured, it will be displayed inside the "output window" and the responsible line of code will be marked

- stop your running iVRS application (button will do the same)

- show tkcon console to influence your running iVRS application incrementally (button will do the same)


• leave iVRS IDE always by specific menu option (within File menubutton) because some cleanup jobs have to be done before finishing iVRS IDE
  
  

helpful features:

• at the left you see a class hierarchy tree containing all VRS classes available in iVRS;
  if you doubleklick any classname you get further informaition (constructors, methods and enums)
  
  
• choose Options menubutton to:

- put on/off a special iVRS syntax highlighting

- show all VRS classes available in iVRS;
information will be appear inside the "information window"

- show all Tcl/Tk commands available in iVRS;
information will be appear inside the "information window"

- search for a word and replace it by another one

• choose Help menubutton for iVRS help or IDE help
  
  
• choose Settings menubutton to:

  - choose your personal colors; e.g., for the different syntax highlighting components

  - change font size;
  this might affect the whole window size of iVRS IDE, too

  - change composition of syntax highlighting;
  e.g., put off highlighting of VRS classes or comments

• press <Ctrl-Key-o> to open quickly any document
  
  
• press <Ctrl-Key-s> to save quickly your current iVRS application code
  
  
• press <Ctrl-Key-f> to open 'replace' dialog quickly
  
  
• press <Ctrl-Tab> (within or just after a word (fragment)) to:

- show all VRS classes available in iVRS beginning with these letters; if there are any

- complete the name of the VRS class; if there is exactly one classname matching your word

- show all constructors, methods and enums of this VRS class; if the classname is complete


-> additionally you can choose something in the popup menu or doubleclick into the "information window" to insert this instead of the word around or just before the cursor position in your iVRS application code;
if there is some space between your word and the cursor it will be inserted just after cursor's position