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Programmers Model

Programmer Objects

	Action	A none decomposable basic Object
	Condition	A none decomposable basic Object
	Interate	A none decomposable basic Object
	Local Sub-routine	A common named decomposable Object.
	System Sub-routine	A common named decomposable Object.
	Null	A none decomposable basic Object

Action Icons

	Add the selected Object as a child	Select the Object to be added. Select the Add icon. Click on an Object in the main window. The selected Object will be added as a child of the main window Object.
	Insert the selected Object	Select the Object to be inserted. Select the Insert icon. Click on an Object in the main window. The Object clicked will change to display the direction selector. Only valid directions will be available. When the mouse is over a direction then the direction arrow will appear 'filled'. Click on the direction in which the new Object is to be inserted. The Object will be inserted in the direction selected.		Direction selector
				Direction selector with child selected
	Copy an Object	Select the Copy Object icon. Select the source Object in the main window. The source Object will be displayed as Selected. Select the destination Object in the main window. The Object clicked will change to display the direction selector (as shown above). Only valid directions will be available. Click on the direction in which the source Object is to be copied. The Object will be copied in the direction selected. Moving the mouse pointer outside of the direction selector will cancel the destination selection. Clicking on the destination selector other than a direction arrow cancels the operation.
	Copy an Object tree	Copying an Object tree is similar to copying an Object other than everything below the source Object will be shown as selected. Additional restricts apply with regard to the destination Object directions.
	Delete an Object	Select the Delete icon. Click on an Object in the main window. The Object will be deleted.
	Delete an Object tree	Select the Delete Tree icon. Click on an Object. The Object and all child objects will be deleted.
	Move an Object	Moving an Object is similar to Copy Object other than the source is moved rather than copied.
	Move an Object tree	Moving an Object tree is similar to Copy Object tree other than the source is moved rather than copied.
	Retype an Object	Select the new Object type. Click on an Object in the main window. The Object will be changed to the selected Object type.
	Edit an Object	Select the Edit icon. Click on an Object in the main window to edit the Object properties. The Object has four lines of text which are displayed in the main window Object and a text area which can be spell checked. Syntax highlighting is available for the majority of common programming languages. Editing of none decomposable Objects can also be selected by right clicking the Object.

Named Decomposable Objects

The Local Sub-routines and System Sub-routine objects are common to a structure. When a Local or System Sub-routine is created the Create Subroutine dialog is displayed. Right clicking on a Decomposable Object will display the hidden Objects in the main window. Right clicking on main Object in the Decomposed window will return to the parent Object.

The drop-down list contains a list of existing Sub-routines, either Local Sub-routines or System Sub-routines. An existing Sub-routine can be selected from the drop-down list or a new one can be created by typing a name in the 'Subroutine name' field. The name must be unique. Typing an existing Sub-routine name will automatically select the Sub-routine. Sub-routine names are case sensitive so 'Subroutine' is not the same as 'SubRoutine'.

When editing a Sub-routine Object, the first line of text is the Sub-routine name. The Sub-routine name can be changed by editing this line. The other three lines are intended for use as parameter data. Editing these at the Decomposed level changes the Sub-routine definition. Editing them at a none decomposed level changes only the edited Object.

Object Editing

Editing an Object, either by selecting the Edit icon and clicking the object or right clicking on a basic Object displays the Edit dialog.

More text than can be fitted in the displayed Object can be entered. The top left display provides an indication of how it will look.

The Syntax style is only applied after selecting OK. If you change the Syntax style then select OK and reselect Edit Object. For the Programmers Model the default Syntax style is selected in the Preferences dialog. For the General Model the default is always 'text/plain'.

Text that is spelt incorrectly is underlines. Simply place the mouse pointer over the underlined text to be offered spelling corrections in a pop-up box. Click the correct text, if available, in the pop-up box to replace the mis-spelt word.

Menus

	New	Create a New structure. A dialog is displayed to select either 'General' or 'Programmers' model
	Open	Open a previously created structure
	Save	Save the current structure
	Save As	Save the current structure under a new name
	Print	Print the displayed strucure
	Print All	Print all structures in the the current model
	Exit	Exit Thought!
	Preferences	Display the Prefences dialog
	Font	Display the fonts dialog
	Online help	Open a browser window to display the Sabretech Thought! page
	Check for update	Contacts the Sabretech website to check for a newer version of Thought!
	About	Display the About Thought! dialog

Keys

Keyboard accelerator keys are shown on the menus above..
The '+' and '-' keys change the displayed size of the Objects.

Preferences

The Preferences dialog enabled the setting of 'General' options, 'Object Text' options, 'Colours' options and 'Confirmation' options.

Font dialog

The font dialog allows the selection of the font name and style for use in the Objects in the main window. The font size sets the default font size and is also used to determine the visible size of the displayed Objects. Both font and Object size are can modified by the use of the '+' and '-' keys. The last used font, style and size will be reselected when Thought! is reopened..