Interlisp.medley/docs/primer/003-TOC.TEDIT

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Medley for the Novice, Release 2.0
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Medley for the Novice, Release 2.0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE of CONTENTS
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Preface	vii

1.  Brief Glossary 	1-1
2. Typing Shortcuts
Programmer's Assistant	2-1
If You Make a Mistake 	2-2
3. Using Menus 
Making a Selection from a Menu	 3-1
Explanations of Menu Items 	3-2
Submenus 	3-2
Summary	3-3
4. How to Use Files
Types of Files  	4-1
Directories 	4-1
Directory Options 	4-2
Subdirectories 	4-2
To See What Files Are Loaded 	4-3
Simple Commands for Manipulating Files	4-3
Connecting to a Directory	4-3
File Version Numbers	4-4
5. FileBrowser
Calling the FileBrowser 	5-1
FileBrowser Commands 	5-3
6. Those Wondertul Windows!
Windows Provided by Medley	 6-1
Creating a Window  	6-2
Right Button Default Window Menu 	6-2
Explanation of Each Menu Item 	6-3
Scrollable Windows 	6-4
Other Window Functions 	6-5
	PROMPTPRlNT 	6-5
	WHlCHW 	6-6
7. Editing and Saving
Defining Functions 	7-1
Simple Editing in the Executive Window 	7-2
Using the List Structure Editor	7-3
Commenting Functions	7-4
File Functions and Variables: How to See and Save Them	7-5
File Variables	7-5
Saving Interlisp-D on Files	7-5
8. Your Init File
Using the USERGREETFILES Variable 	8-1
Making an Init File 	8-1
9. Medley Forgiveness: DWIM	9-1
10. Break Package
Break Windows 	10-1
Break Package Examples 	10-1
Ways to Stop Execution from the Keyboard (Breaking Lisp) 	10-3
Break Menu 	10-3
Returning to Top Level 	10-4
11. WhatTo Do lf ...	11-1
12. Window and Regions
Windows 	12-1
	CREATEW 	12-1
	WlNDOWPROP 	12-2
	Getting Windows to Do Things 	12-3
 	BUTTONEVENTFN 	12-5
	Looking at a Window's Properties 	12-5
Regions 	12-5
13. What Are Menus?
Displaying Menus	13-1
Getting Menus to Do Stuff 	13-2
WHENHELDFN and WHENSELECTEDFN Fields of a Menu 	13-3
Looking at a Menu's Fields	13-5
14. Bitmaps	14-1
15. Displaystreams
Drawing on a Displaystream 	15-1
	DRAWUNE 	15-1
	DRAWTO	15-2
	DRAWCIRCLE 	15-3
	FILLCIRCLE	15-1
Locating and Changing Your Position in a Displaystream 	15-4
	DSPXP0SITION 	15-5
	DSPYPOSlTION 	15-5
	MOVETO 	15-5
16. Fonts 
What Makes Up a Font 	16-1
Fontdescriptors and FONTCREATE  	16-2
Display Fonts	16-3
InterPress Fonts	16-3
Functions for Using Fonts	16-4
	FONTPROP - Looking at Font Properties	16-4
	STRINGWlDTH 	16-5
	DSPFONT- Changing the Font in One Window  	16-5
Personalizing Your Font Profile 	16-6
17. The Inspector 
Calling the Inspector 	17-1
Using the Inspector 	17-2
Inspector Example 	17-2
18. Masterscope
SHOW DATA Command and GRAPHER 	18-2
19. Where Does All the Time Go? SPY 
How to Use Spy with the SPY Window 	19-1
How to Use SPY from the Lisp Top Level 	19-2
Interpreting SPY's Results 	19-2
20.  Free Menus 
Free Menu Example 	20-1
Parts of a Free Menu Item 	20-2
Types of Free Menu Items 	20-3
21.  The Grapher 
Say it with Graphs 	21-1
	Add a Node	21-2
	Add a Link	21-2
	Delete a Link	21-2
	Delete a Node	21-2
	Move a Node	21-2
Making a Graph from a List 	21-2
Incorporating Grapher into Your Program 	21-2
More of Grapher 	21-2
22.  Resource Management 
Naming Variables and Records 	22-1
Some Space and Time Considerations 	22-2
	Global Variables 	22-3
	Circular Lists 	22-3
	When You Run Out of Space 	22-4
23. Simple Interactions with the Cursor, a Bitmap, and a Window
GETMOUSESTATE  Example Function	23-1
Advising GETMOUSESTATE 	23-2
Changing the Cursor 	23-2
Functions for Tracing the Cursor 	23-3
Running the Functions 	23-6
24. Glossary of Global System Variables
Directories 	24-1
Flags 	24-2
History Lists 	24-3
System Menus 	24-3
Windows 	24-4
Miscellaneous  	24-4
25. Other Useful References	25.1

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