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The C++Builder Code Editor
There is no question that C++Builder is highly visual in nature. That’s one of the great things
about programming with it. Still, any program of any significance will have a great deal of
code that must be written by hand. After you get the user interface part of your application
written with C++Builder’s impressive visual tools, you’ll likely spend a long stretch with the
C++Builder Code Editor. The Code Editor has some features you’ll learn to appreciate once
you discover them.
In this section you will learn about
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■ Basic editor operations
■ Specialized editor features
■ The Code Editor speed menu
■ Changing the editor options
The C++Builder Code Editor allows you to choose from four
keyboard-mapping configurations: Default, IDE Classic, BRIEF, and
Epsilon. The rest of this chapter assumes Default keyboard mapping.
If you are already familiar with one of the other keyboard-mapping
configurations, you can ignore any references to specific keystrokes.
Basic Editor Operations
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I’m going to assume that you know enough to be able to enter and delete text; highlight text
with the mouse; cut, copy, and paste; and so on. I won’t spend any time going over things
at that level.
If you have a lot of time in the pilot’s seat writing code, you may be a
heavy keyboard user. If that is the case, you will likely use the keyboard
shortcuts for simple things like cutting, copying, and pasting. If you are
not as experienced with the keyboard (or you just prefer using the
mouse), you may want to customize your C++Builder speedbar to add
speed buttons for operations like cutting, copying, and pasting.
Whichever method you choose, you will probably get lots of practice—
if you are anything like me, you will do a lot of cut, copy, and paste
while writing your programs.
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