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#redirect [[Tools_Notepad/en]] |
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== Introduction == |
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Workspaces (notepads) are simple text-editor windows. These can be used to prepare or inspect test-data, texts and similar. They also provide a calculator and scripting-language capability: you can type in an expression (expressed as Smalltalk or JavaScript code fragment) and evaluate it. Finally, they can be used as "PostIt-Note", to remember fragments of text or code. |
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Workspaces are very useful to compute test-vectors, hex- or binary numbers or to generate string data, which can be copy-pasted into a freeze-value, an attachment or (using the [[Tools FileBrowser/en|file browser]]) into a file. |
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The following screenshot displays a script-codefragment being evaluated: |
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[[Datei:Notepad1.png]] |
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== Multiple Tabs == |
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Workspaces support multiple tabs. Click on the "''Add Page''" button or menu function, to get another tab. |
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== Timer Functions == |
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There are also a Stopwatch and an AlarmTimer found in the Tab-Page menu. |
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Use them for simple measuring tasks, or to get a timed feedback (for example, to get reminded of something to do or check during a long running test-task). The Alarm-Timer can be configured to ring after a time-period or at a final alarm time. |
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== Snippet Management == |
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All text editors inside expecco share a common snippet database. Snippets are little text fragments which can be quickly pasted into any text editor by pressing some abbreviation followed by <kbd>ALT-SPACE</kbd>. |
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For example, a programmer who often needs the string "self" to be typed in, might want to attach the word "self " to the snipplet-abreviation "s" and get the full string via <kbd>s</kbd>-<kbd>ALT-SPACE</kbd>. |
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A number of predefined snippets (mostly for programmers) can be found and managed in the snippet manager. |
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You may want to customize them according to your domain's requirements. |
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== Collecting Text from Various Places == |
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A very common task is to collect text-fragments via copy-paste from various places (such as different input fields of another application) and place them as a single line collection into a freeze-value, attachment or other string-field. |
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The "Autofetch Selection" feature found in the "Edit" menu does exactly that for you: it monitors the clipboard, and appends every copied string (from any other application) into the workspace's text area. |
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== Sorting == |
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Under the editor's right-button-menu, you will find various items under "''More''" -> "''Tools''" -> "''Sort''". |
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These operate on the currently selected line-range. |
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For example, to sort a number of lines, select them, and apply the "Sort Lines" function. |
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== Generating Unique IDs == |
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The right-button-menu also provides a function to generate globally unique IDs (GUIDs or UUIDs). |
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Try "''More''" -> "''More''" -> "''Insert new UUID''" |
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== Code Evaluation == |
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Workspaces include code interpreters for JavaScript and Smalltalk Code. To evaluate a piece of code, select it, and apply the "''doIt''" (<kbd>CTRL-d</kbd>) menu function. Use "''printIt''" (<kbd>CTRL-p</kbd>) to paste the result. |
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For example, to compute the square-root of the number 2, |
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type: |
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2.sqrt() |
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apply "''printIt''" (<kbd>CTRL-p</kbd>), to get the result pasted at the current text-cursor position. |
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The syntax of the interpreter can be changed via the main-menu, or via the right-click-menu in the lower-right syntax indicator field. |
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== More Features == |
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The Notepad editor as described here is a somewhat stripped-down version of the full Smalltalk-Workspace application. You can find even more features (text-filters, variables etc.) in this application, which can be opened programmatically via: |
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WorkspaceApplication open |
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or (in JavaScript): |
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WorkspaceApplication.open() |
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or by changing the default notepad in the "''Settings''" - "''External Tools''" dialog to "Smalltalk". |
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Back to [[Online_Documentation#Tools | Online Documentation]]. |
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