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NOTE
C++Builder comes with a utility that allows you to search for text
across source files. The utility is called grep (for Global Regular
Expression Print) and can be found in the CBuilder\Bin directory. This
command-line program is a powerful search utility. Unfortunately
C++Builder does not integrate grep into the IDE as Borland C++ does.
Still, you can run grep from the command line or search various online
sources for a host of third-party Windows-based grep tools.
Getting Help
One of the most useful features of the Code Editor is its integration with the C++Builder help
system. Just place the editor cursor over a C++ keyword, a VCL property or method, or any
other C++Builder-specific text and press F1. If a help topic for the text under the cursor exists
in the C++Builder help files, WinHelp will run with the appropriate page showing. If no help
topic exists for the selected text, an error message will be displayed. This feature is extremely
useful when you can’t remember how to use a particular aspect of C++Builder, C++, or VCL.
Help, as they say, is just a keystroke away.
Specialized Editor Features
The C++Builder Code Editor has a few features that are extremely useful when you are
writing a lot of code. They are explained in the following sections.
Using Bookmarks
You can set bookmarks in your code to temporarily mark your place in a source file. For
example, you often have to temporarily leave a block of code you are working on to review
previously written code or to copy code from another location. By dropping a bookmark at
that point in your code before running off to do your other work, you can return to that
section of code with a simple keystroke. You can have up to 10 bookmarks set at any one time.
To set a bookmark at a particular location, press Ctrl+Shift and the number of the bookmark
to set. For example, to set bookmark 0 (the first bookmark), place the editor cursor at the
location you want to mark and then press Ctrl+Shift+0. When you set a bookmark, an icon
is placed in the Code Editor gutter to indicate that a bookmark exists on that line. The icon
shows the number of the bookmark. Figure 10.13 shows the Code Editor with a bookmark
dropped on a line.