Medley-Primer

Venue Medley for the Novice

Release 2.0 1. BRIEF GLOSSARY PREFACE 2. TYPING SHORTCUTS Programmer’s Assistant If You Make a Mistake TABLE of CONTENTS 3. USING MENUS Making a Selection from a Menu Explanation of Menu Items Submenus Summary 4. HOW TO USE FILES Types of Files If a file contains: Then:Directories Directory Options Subdirectories To See What Files Are Loaded Simple Commands for Manipulating Files Connecting to a Directory File Version Numbers 5. FILEBROWSER Calling the FileBrowser FileBrowser Commands 6. THOSE WONDERFUL WINDOWS!Windows Provided by Medley Creating a Window Right Button Default Window Menu Explanation of Each Menu Item Scrollable Windows Other Window Functions PROMPTPRlNT (PROMPTPRINT "THIS WILL BE PRINTED IN THE PROMPT WINDOW")WHlCHW 7. EDITING AND SAVING Defining Functions Simple Editing in the Executive Window Using the List Structure Editor Commenting Functions File Functions and Variables: How to See and Save Them File Variables Saving Interlisp-D on Files (FILES?)(MAKEFILE ’MY.FILE.NAME)8. YOUR INIT FILE Using the USERGREETFILES Variable Making an Init File 9. MEDLEY FORGIVENESS: DWIM 10. BREAKPACKAGE Break Windows Break Package Example Ways to Stop Execution from the Keyboard (Breaking Lisp) Break Menu Returning to Top Level 11. WHAT TO DO IF ...Executive Window turns black You closed the Executive Window Mouse disappears Second window appears You keep getting beeped at You cannot delete the first letter Your function is just sitting there A Break Window appears You have run out of space (GAINSPACE)A redefined message appears UNBOUND ATOM UNDEFINED CAR OF FORM You have traced APPLY 12. WINDOWS AND REGIONS Windows CREATEW WlNDOWPROP Getting Windows to Do Things BUTTONEVENTFN Looking at a Window’s Properties Regions 13. WHAT ARE MENUS?Displaying Menus Getting Menus to Do Stuff WHENHELDFN and WHENSELECTEDFN Fields of a Menu Looking at a Menu’s Fields 14. BITMAPS 15. DISPLAYSTREAMS Drawing on a Displaystream DRAWLlNE DRAWTO DRAWClRCLE FlLLClRCLE Locating and Changing Your Position in a Displaystream DSPXPOSlTlON DSPYPOSlTlON MOVETO 16. FONTS What Makes Up a Font Fontdescriptors and FONTCREATE Display Fonts InterPress Fonts Functions for Using Fonts FONTPR0P Looking at Font Properties STRlNGWlDTH DSPFONT - Changing the Font in One Window Personalizing Your Font Profile 17. THE INSPECTOR Calling the Inspector Using the Inspector Inspector Example 18. MASTERSCOPE SHOW DATA Command and GRAPHER 19. WHERE DOES ALL THE TIME GO? SPY How to Use Spy with the SPY Window How to Use SPY from the Lisp Top Level Interpreting SPY’s Results 20. FREE MENUS Free Menu Example Parts of a Free Menu Item Types of Free Menu Items 21. THE GRAPHER Say it with Graphs Add a Node Add a Link Delete a Link Delete a Node Move a Node Making a Graph from a List Incorporating Grapher into Your Program More of Grapher 22. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Naming Variables and Records Some Space and Time Considerations Global Variables Circular Lists When You Run Out of Space 23. SIMPLE INTERACTIONS WITH THE CURSOR, A BITMAP, AND A WINDOW GETMOUSESTATE Example Function Advising GETMOUSESTATE Changing the Cursor Functions for Tracing the Cursor Running the Functions 24. GLOSSARY OF GLOBAL SYSTEM VARIABLES Directories Flags History Lists System Menus Windows Miscellaneous 25. OTHER USEFUL REFERENCES