6.4.9 The Options menu

The "Options" menu is the entry point for all dialogs that are used to set options for compiler and IDE, as well as the user preferences.

Mode

Presents a dialog to set the current mode of the compiler. The current mode is shown at the right of the menu entry. For more information, see section 6.11.8, page 305.

Compiler

Presents a dialog that can be used to set common compiler options. These options will be used when compiling a program or unit.

Memory sizes

Presents a dialog where the stack size and the heap size for the program can be set. These options will be used when compiling a program.

Linker

Presents a dialog where some linker options can be set. These options will be used when a program or library is compiled.

Debugger

Presents a dialog where the debugging options can be stored. These options are used when compiling units or programs. Note that the debugger will not work unless debugging information is generated in the program.

Directories

Presents a dialog where the various directories needed by the compiler can be set. These directories will be used when a program or unit is compiled.

Browser

Presents a dialog where the browser options can be set. The browser options aect the behaviour of the symbol browser of the IDE.

Tools

Presents a dialog to congure the tools menu. For more information, see section 6.10.5, page 248.

Environment

Presents a dialog to congure the behaviour of the IDE. A sub menu is presented with the various aspects of the IDE:

Preferences

General preferences, such as whether to save les or not, and which les should be saved. The video mode can also be set here.

Editor

Controls various aspects of the edit windows.

CodeComplete

Used to set the words which can be automatically completed when typing in the editor windows.

Codetemplates

Used to dene code templates, which can be inserted in an edit window.

Desktop

Used to control the behaviour of the desktop, i.e. several features can be switched on or o.

Mouse

Can be used to control the actions of the mouse, and to assign commands to various mouse actions.

Startup

Not yet implemented.

Colors

Here the various colors used in the IDE and the editor windows can be set.

Open

Presents a dialog in which a le with editor preferences can be selected. after the dialog is closed, the preferences le will be read and the preferences will be applied.

Save

Save the current options in the default le.

Save as

Saves the current options in an alternate le. A le selection dialog box will be presented in which the alternate settings le can be entered.

Please note that options are not saved automatically, they should be saved explicitly with the "Options|Save" command.