3 Source Browser

The source browser makes it possible to browse in projects. A project can be a collection of files, a file directory or parts of the dependency graph of a BETA program. Links in the fragment structure like ORIGIN and INCLUDE can be followed easily.

3.1 Source Browser Windows

We will here present the most important user interface components of the source browser: windows, menus and other interaction possibilities in the following sections.

The source browser interface consists of a number of different window types:

• browser window
• workspace window
• separate code viewer window
• subviewer window
• parse error editor window
• two types of semantic errors windows

where the browser window is the main window, giving access to the main browsing facilities and to the other windows. These windows will be described in the following.