----------------------------- | Special Features of Kephra | ----------------------------- Many standard functions, like opening a file or moving the blinking cursor (that's called caret), don't need any explanation, or Kephra wouldn't be a good editor. Nevertheless there are some functionalities that are very helpful, but are often overlooked. Maybe because you don't expect them, or they are not in the main menu. Thatswhy they are listed here, sorted by topic. - Text Navigation + ++ jumps to the position of last change text in the current document. + ++ makes a rectangular text selection. + brace navigation: + moves the cursor between braces. Up and down goes to the matching brace or to the next brace of the same kind. Left and right jumps to the previous or next brace of any kind. + block navigation: Holding , you can jump with and block wise. Blocks are junks of lines, separated by empty lines. - Text Editing + With [+]+ several changes are undone or redone. Add , and you move to the begin or endpoint of the edit history. + + puts the selected text into the clipboard and vice versa. + + pastes, a copy of the selected text or the current line under under the original. + move: ++ moves the selected text inside the document. If nothing is selected, the current line will be moved. + edit line wise: Add and most simple edit functions will be applied to the current line. But ++ and ++ do only apply to line. They delete the left or right part of the cursor. - Files In this menu is nearly everything self explaining. Even reload or close other (all but the visible) are easy to understand, from there positioning in the menu. But 2 items should be highlighted. + ++ saves current text under a different file name, but the document is still associated with the previous file name. + +++ does save the content and change the file name. - View Options + The tabbar has many possibilities of configuration. * 2 optional icons: one leftmost for a new document and one rightmost to close the current document. * Right-click calls a context menu with all filenames with the full path. * A click with the middle mouse button does the same, but that behavior can be changed. * A left-click on the highlighted tab switches back to the last used doc. + Searchbar is mostly self explaining. All search options are hidden behind a left click. And if the cursor is in the search input you can jump between all search findings with (forward) and + (backward). + jumps to the first and ++ to the last finding. And if you hold down, you move the text like inside the editor with the cursor keys, including and , which switches between the docs. + The status bar shows a lot of recent doc settings, which can be changed also via right click and a context menu. A left click switches this property on or off. Only exception ist the rightmost panel, which can show different infos about the current doc/file. + The editor panel has a lot of visual helpers to highlight the current line, spaces and tabs or a right margin. But more unusual are indention guides, vertical dotted lines, which can help to recognize indention depths. The distance between the indention guides equals the set tab size and they can highlight if they connect 2 highlighted braces. - Configurations + Main or general configs is the internal name for the apps settings. + The command list contains all commands a user can give the application. * In the first part, every name (ID) gets an internal function (). Change that only if you really know what you're doing. * The section gives to some ID a function that determines with a positive result, if its currently possible to call the command. * should fire, when the result of changes. * function return the command status, e.g. for toolbar switch button. * triggeres if the changes. * assigns to some calls a filename, containing a bitmap. * is the last and maybe most interesting section, because it sets the global key binding, that is also displayed (translated) in the main menu. Please use here lowercase and English key names only. + Menu definitions are just (sometimes nested) lists of commands, and thats why very readable. To comment a menu entry out, just append a "#". + Localization files contain all labels and short help texts for the commands, but also labels to all buttons and dialogs. You can translate the whole app by translating this file. + Syntax modes holding all the coloring definitions per programming language and its keywords. The parsing rules unfortunate. + Templates are often used chunks of text, that may contain special variables, that will replaced with current data. They are listed in the file menu.