Using SoftBench Editors

Editing with SoftBench vi Editor

using alphanumeric and cursor-control keys for input. In addition, you can move the cursor using the mouse, and you have the ability to access SoftBench operations defined in the window by using the mouse or the Alt key in conjunction with other keys.

Using the Mouse Pointer Versus the Text Cursor

Note the differences between "mouse pointer" and "text cursor":

Mouse pointer

moves as you move the mouse. SoftBench vi Editor

 

uses an arrow for the mouse pointer in the text area

 

(the same as when the pointer is over the menu bar).

Text cursor

is a solid box that shows vi's current location within a

 

text area. When you insert text, the new characters

 

appear at the cursor location and subsequent

 

characters are moved to the right. SoftBench vi Editor

 

positions the cursor in the upper left corner of a text

 

area when you first edit a file. You can move this text

 

cursor by moving the mouse pointer to the desired new

 

location and then clicking the left mouse button.

Editing Multiple Files

When using SoftBench vi Editor, you can sequentially edit several files in one window. For example, suppose you are editing a file and you want to edit another file.

1.Choose "File: Open…" or "File: New…", and then specify another file. If you use "Save" or "Save As…" the file will be added to the current project definition.

2.If the current file has not been saved (it has been modified since last being saved), then there are two possible SoftBench vi Editor

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