Edit Menu Entries
NOTE: The term current file is used below to mean the file in the active text editor window (or in other
words the file you are currently editing).
Cut - This menu entry is used to move selected text from the current file into the Windows
Clipboard (see moving a section of text). NOTE: If there is no selected text in the current file,
then this menu entry is disabled (it will appear greyed out).
Copy - This menu entry is used to copy selected text from the current file into the Windows
Clipboard (see copying a section of text). NOTE: If there is no select text in the current file, then
this menu entry is disabled (it will appear greyed out).
Paste - This menu entry is used to copy text from the Windows Clipboard into the current file (see
moving a section of text and copying a section of text). NOTE: If there is no text in the Windows
Clipboard then this menu entry is disabled (it will appear greyed out).
Clear - This menu entry is used to delete selected text from the current file (see selecting a section
of text and deleting a section of text). NOTE: If there is no selected text in the current file, then
this menu entry is disabled (it will appear greyed out).
Select Line - This menu entry is used to select the line in the current file with the text caret (see
selecting a section of text).
Select Block - This menu entry is used to select a block of text in the current file (see selecting a
section of text).
Select All - This menu entry is used to select all of the text in the current file (see selecting a
section of text).
Delete Line - This menu entry is used to delete the line in the current file with the text caret.
Preferences... - This menu entry is used to activate the User Preferences dialog box (which allows
you to select your preferences for how text is displayed, and your preferences for how executables
are generated and run).
4.3.2.2.1.1 The User Preferences dialog box
You activate the User Preferences dialog box by choosing Preferences... from the Edit menu. This
dialog box is divided into the following pages:
Text - This page allows you to control the appearance of the following types of text: editor
window, information messages, warning messages, and error messages (see preferences for
text for more information).
Executable - This page allows you to specify how Irie Pascal should generate and run executables
(see preferences for executables for more information).
4.3.2.2.1.2 The Text Preferences page
The Text Preferences page is the first page of the User Preferences dialog box, and is therefore the first
page displayed when you activate this dialog box.
The Text Preferences page is used to control the appearance of different types of text in the Irie Pascal
Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This page is shown below for easy reference:
