H E L P F O R U S E O F S P H I N X C - - W O R K B E N C H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last Updated: 2 May 1993 QUICK LIST OF QUICK KEYS AND FUNCTIONS OF SPHINX C-- WORKBENCH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ K E Y ------ F U N C T I O N ------ Open C-- Work Bench Help Window ------ Open Main General Help Window ------ Reset All Work Bench Settings ------ Open About Window ------ Save File ------ Save File As ------ Load File ------ View Output Screen ------ Just Execute Run File Without Recompiling ------ Close Window ------ Compile and Run ------ Compile ------ Set Primary Run File ------ Set Run Command Line Parameters ------ Next Window ------ Previous Window ------ Zoom Current Window ------ Tile Windows ------ Cascade Windows ------ ReSize/Move Current Window ------ Set Compiler Options ------ Set Primary Compile File ------ Search Again ------ Find (set search string) ------ Search and Replace ------ Open All Procedure Quick List Window ------ Open Stack Procedure Help Window ------ Open REG Procedure Help Window <1> ------ Select Colour Sceme 1 <2> ------ Select Colour Sceme 2 ------ Open ASCII Table Window ------ Blank Screen Until A Key Is Pressed ------ Pull Down Compile/Compiler Options Menu ------ Small DOS Shell ------ Pull Down Edit Menu ------ Pull Down File Menu ------ Pull Down Help Menu ------ Open Calculator Window ------ Open Clipboard Window ------ Pull Down Options Menu

------ Change Current Directory ------ Full DOS shell ------ Pull Down Run Menu ------ Pull Down Search/Search and Replace Menu ------ Undo ------ Toggle Between 25 and 43/50 lines ------ Pull Down Windows Menu ------ Exit C-- Work Bench ------ Select Text ------ Cut Selected Text Into Clipboard ------ Paste Text From Clipboard ------ Copy Selected Text Into Clipboard ------ Clear Clipboard STARTING C-- WORK BENCH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ First ensure that all files included with C-- are in the same directory as the Work Bench Program (WB.COM and WB.EXE). Then set the environment variable 'C--' to the path in which the work bench files are located. For example, if your files are located in the directory 'C:\C--' then type the following line at the DOS prompt: SET C--=C:\C-- You may wish to add the command to your AUTOEXEC.BAT. After the variable has been set, simply type WB at the DOS prompt. It is also possible to specify a file or files to load into the editor at start up. Just WB followed by the files you wish to be loaded, WILD CARD CHARACTERS CAN BE USED (don't you just love it!). For example, to load all the *.C-- files in the current directory into the SPHINX C-- Work Bench, type: WB *.C-- If an extension is not given, .C-- will be assumed. USING C-- WORK BENCH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Most features of the C-- Work Bench are reasonably straight forward. Two features, set run file and set compile file may need some explanation. SET PRIMARY RUN FILE Pressing will open a window allowing you to change the primary run file. The primary run file is the filename of the program that is run when the Compile&Run or the Just Run option is selected. If compile&run has been selected, the compile file is compiled and the run file is executed. The run file may be different than the run file, this allows for development of programs that required a driver or loader program to be run to execute the compiled file. If the primary run filename is left blank, the primary compile filename will be used. SET PRIMARY COMPILE FILE Pressing will open a window allowing you to change the primary compile file. The primary compile file is the filename of the source file to be compiled. If the primary compile filename is left blank, the filename of the current window will be used as the source file. NOTES ON COMPILING ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The C-- Work Bench spawns the C-- compiler, which is actually a command line compiler. The compiler then compiles the given file. The compiler only compiles the file off disk, therefore all changes must be saved to disk to be recognized by the compiler. So save your source file before selecting to compile&run or to compile. Pressing will display the output screen. This may be used to view output from the compiler, such as error messages. EMERGENCY KILL KEYS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Even the best programmers sometimes make mistakes, and the dreadful lock-up occurs, usually in some non-terminating loop that does not allow to kill it. Well the work bench has a built in kill key combo that will terminate the current program that is executing. Pressing will terminate the current program running. When these keys are pressed, a serious attempt will be made to kill off the current program running. No care will be given to what state the program is in. This does impose the possiblities of severly crashing your machine, but at this point your probably desperate to kill the program anyway, so its worth a shot. Be careful, will also terminate the C-- compiler or the C-- Work Bench if they are the currently executing program. /* end of WBHELP.DOC */