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Editing Source Code

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Source code editing

 

The editing settings let you set an editor of your choice to view or edit source code. Performance Validator's built-in editor is one of those options.

 

The built-in editor can be started from the data views or from the tools menu:

 

right_mouse_buttonpopup menu instructionStep Edit Source Code...
 

menu Tools menu instructionStep Edit Source Code...

 

 

Using the built-in editor

 

The built-in editor supports the basic operations expected for editing source code:

 

The highlighting is identical to that in the source code views of the main tabs:

 

The lines in green (for this colour scheme) have been visited
 

Lines that have not been visited are displayed in pink
 

Lines with a green tick next to them indicate that they have been successfully hooked
 

Lines that could not be hooked have a red cross against them
 

An arrow indicates the source code line of interest when the source code editor was displayed

 

 

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menu File menu

 

The file options need no explanation:

 

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menu Edit menu

 

All the following edit options should also be familiar:

 

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Undo/Redo is unlimited by default, but this can be changed in the options below.

 

 

menu Formatting menu

 

The formatting menu has general display and editing options

 

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Convert instructionStep Tabs to spaces instructionStep turns all tabs into spaces

Convert instructionStep Spaces to tabs instructionStep turns all spaces into spaces
 

Use Colour instructionStep toggles the colour coded display
 

Fonts and Line Numbers... instructionStep change text colours, fonts and line numbers
 

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Options... instructionStep set tab length and other options
 

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Wrap Width... instructionStep changes the column width at which lines will wrap in the display

 

 

Status bar

 

The status bar shows help text at the bottom as you hover over menu and toolbar options.

 

To the right of the status bar are insert mode, column number and line number.

 

 

Line collapsing

 

You can temporarily collapse sections of code as follows:

 

left_mouse_buttonLeft click in the margin to start the section instructionStep Drag to define the length instructionStep Release to set the end of the section

 

Click anywhere on the resulting indicator to collapse, and on the + to expand a section.

 

Expanded:

 

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Collapsed:

 

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noteLine collapsing is temporary and not remembered between edit sessions.