The Buttons
The basic use is to amend your code, click Run, or Run-Capture. Fix any errors. The program runs in a Dos window.
Use Run-Capture when you are looking for syntax errors, and use Run to execute, when the syntax errors have gone.
Falcon options can also be set - see below. The Run commands also warn you about possible colon/semicolon errors, such as
if a==3:print("sometimes"); print("always")
The Run Button - saves your code, then runs Falcon. Results go to a Dos window, as do compile and execution errors. The Dos window remains open (e.g for user interaction). The Run-Capture - as Run, except that error output goes into Fade's bottom pane. Click on an error message to take you to the errored line. The Dos window closes. The PP Button - indents the code. The assumption is that the code already has sensible line-breaks. PP does not move code from one line to another. I do not recommend using PP on files with syntax errors, but you might want to experiment with this! There is a PP-undo command in the Edit menu. A backup copy is also placed in safeOriginaBAK.fal The File menuOpen, Save, Save As, Print, Exit have their normal meanings. NB the Run buttons also do a save. Print does not currently work on my Windows 7 PC, though it did under XP (prints blank pages forever!)
New Fal File creates a 'hello world' program, and forces you to save it before you start compiling. You cannot start typing into the editor without creating a new file, or opening an existing one. The Edit menu... have their normal meanings. The Tools menuLines Containing - really a simplified grep. Use it to show every line containing (or not containing) an item. If you show every line not containing e.g. 6 spaces, you see the outer-level logic - a bit like code-folding. I find this useful to find e.g. variables declared but not used. (They only occur once) Cross-reference displays a list of names (key words, and variable names) and "strings" used, together with the line numbers they occur in. Helps with mis-spellings, etc. Set Command-Line Args - Used to pass data to programs when they are launched. If one of your args contains spaces, then "quote" them. Here is a line with 3 args:
cat "a dog" fish The Config MenuCurrent Falcon options shows any options you have set. Set Falcon options lets you enter options to be passed to the Falcon system.
Bigger/smaller text - obvious. Black/white - switches the editor scren from black-on-white to white-on-black and vice-versa. The Help menuMost of these link to websites. Falcon options can be listed as well. Bugs, Features, IssuesSome of these are possible to fix/include, some are not. Some depend on the Windows port, which is out of my control.
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