8 Appendix: Keyboard shortcuts

8.1 Main window

8.1.1 Ctrl with letters

Shortcut	Command	Description
Ctrl+A	Select All	Selects the entire fragment form shown or, in text edit mode, the area being edited.
Ctrl+C	Copy	Copy selection to clipboard.
Ctrl+F	Find	Opens a dialog that lets you search for a string in either the current selection, the current fragment form, a file or its "domain" or "extent".
Ctrl+H	Replace	Like Find, but lets you replace the string by another one.
Ctrl+I	Insert Optional Nonterminals	Shows any optional nonterminals.
Ctrl+N	New BETA Program	Create a new BETA program
Ctrl+O	Open file	Open a BETA file
Ctrl+P	Print	Print your code. Currently implemented only for Windows
Ctrl+Q	Quit Mjolner Tool	Of course, you wouldn't want to, but sometimes it's necessary to stop the fun.
Ctrl+R	Remove Optional Nonterminals	Hides any optional nonterminals.
Ctrl+S	Save file	Saves the current open file on disk
Ctrl+V	Paste	Paste from clipboard, replacing current selection. In source browsing mode, when you do not want to replace anything, use the Paste Before or Paste After commands.
Ctrl+X	Cut	Cut selection to clipboard.
Ctrl+Y	Redo	Redoes the last thing you have undone. Works very well together with Undo for people that change their minds often.
Ctrl+Z	Undo	Currently available only in source browsing mode. When in text edit mode, you may cancel all changes and exit text edit mode by pressing Escape.
Ctrl+Alt+H	Get help	Open a browser with the Mjolner System Documentation

Your source code is structured as a tree, parts of which may be hidden to give you a better overview. Hidden branches are shown as '...'. The Abstract and Detail commands let you navigate the view of this tree by expanding and collapsing branches.

Shortcut	Command	Mouse	Description
Alt+Right	Show definition Detail Show code	Double click or	This command has a number of different meanings depending on the current selection. It expands a branch, so that you can see more details around the current selection, jumps to the definition of a name, or opens/closes a comment
Alt+Left	Abstract Recursively		Abstract the current selection
Alt+Down	Detail Recursively		Detail the current selection until nothing remains abstract in it
Alt+Up	Overview		Abstract the code around the current selection
Ctrl+'+'	Zoom in		Zoom in on current selection
Ctrl+'-'	Zoom out		Extend the contents of the code viewer to show one level more of the structure, i.e. change the editor root to its father
Ctrl+Left	Back		Go back to where you were before, e.g. before you pressed Show Definition and jumped to the definition
Ctrl+Right	Forward		The oppposite of Back
Ctrl+Space, F2	Text Edit		Enter/Leave text edit mode.
Escape	Cancel Text Edit		Leave text edit mode whithout saving changes.
Insert	Paste Before		Prepend the contents of the clipboard to the current selection.
Ctrl+Insert	Paste After		Append the contents of the clipboard to the current selection.
Delete	Clear		Delete the current selection
Return	Insert After		Append "empty code" to the current selection.
Ctrl+Return	Insert Before		Prepend "empty code" to the current selection.

8.1.3 Function keys

Shortcut	Command	Description
F2, Ctrl+Space	Text Edit	Enter/Leave text edit mode.
F3	To slot	Search through the chain of ORIGINs looking for a SLOT matching the fragment form
F4	Check current	Check the current code for errors
Ctrl+F4	Check program	Re-check the program that was last checked
F5	Re-prettyprint	Redraws the code if something has gone awry
F6	Show log window	Opens a separate window with the MjolnerTool log
F7	Compile current	Compile the current code and (if it is a program) produce an executable file
Ctrl+F7	Compile program	Compile and create executable for the most recently selected program
Shift+F7	Compile and run	Compile and run the most recently selected program
F8	Run program	Run the most recently selected program (if it has been compiled)
F9	Debug the program	Debug the most recently selected program (if it has been compiled)
Ctrl+F9	Debug Executable	Choose an executable to debug

8.2 CASE tool window

8.2.1 Ctrl and letters

Shortcut	Command	Description
Ctrl+C	Copy	Copy selection to clipboard.
Ctrl+F	Find	Opens a dialog that lets you search for a string in either the current selection, the current fragment form, a file or its "domain" or "extent".
Ctrl+I	Insert Optional Nonterminals	Shows any optional nonterminals.
Ctrl+N	New Diagram	Create a new BETA file with a library of attributes. Its corresponding UML box is added to your diagram
Ctrl+O	Open file	Open a BETA file
Ctrl+P	Print	Print your code
Ctrl+R	Remove Optional Nonterminals	Hides any optional nonterminals.
Ctrl+S	Save	Save the current open file on disk
Ctrl+V	Paste	Paste from clipboard, replacing current selection. In source browsing mode, when you do not want to replace anything, use the Paste Before or Paste After commands.
Ctrl+W	Close	Close the CASE tool window but not the MjolnerTool main window
Ctrl+X	Cut	Cut selection to clipboard.

8.2.2 Other shortcuts

Shortcut	Command	Description
Alt+Left Alt+Right Alt+Up Alt+Down	Detail and abstract	Detail and abstract branches of the syntax tree, you're viewing as described under the main window section
F2	Edit graphics text	Edit text in graphics object
F6	Show log window	Opens a separate window with the MjolnerTool log
Insert	Paste Before	Prepend the contents of the clipboard to the current selection.
Ctrl+Insert	Paste After	Append the contents of the clipboard to the current selection.
Return	Insert After	Append "empty code" to the current selection.
Ctrl+Return	Insert Before	Prepend "empty code" to the current selection.
Ctrl+Shift+A	New Attribute	Create a new attribute in the selected class
Ctrl+Shift+C	New Class	Create a new class
Ctrl+Shift+L	New Local Class	Create a new class inside the selected class
Ctrl+Shift+O	New Operation	Create a new operation in the selected class

8.3 GUI Builder Window

8.3.1 Ctrl and letters

Shortcut	Command	Description
Ctrl+C	Copy	Copy selection to clipboard.
Ctrl+F	Find	Opens a dialog that lets you search for a string in either the current selection, the current fragment form, a file or its "domain" or "extent".
Ctrl+S	Save	Save the current open file on disk
Ctrl+V	Paste	Paste from clipboard, replacing current selection. In source browsing mode, when you do not want to replace anything, use the Paste Before or Paste After commands.
Ctrl+W	Close	Close the GUI builder window (but not the MjolnerTool main window)
Ctrl+X	Cut	Cut selection to clipboard.
Ctrl+Y	Redo	Redo the last thing you have undone
Ctrl+Z	Undo	Undo changes

8.3.2 Other shortcuts

Shortcut	Command	Description
Alt+Right	Show source code	Opens a separate source browser window showing the actual code for the selected item

Mjolner Integrated Development Tool - Reference Manual

[Modified: Thursday October 4^th 2001 at 16:56]