IDE User’s Guide Overview
Manual Conventions
• HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)—HTML or Compressed HTML (.CHM) versions of CodeWarrior manuals.
Documentation Types
Each CodeWarrior manual focuses on a particular information type:
• User guides—User guides provide basic information about the CodeWarrior user interface. User guides include information that supports all host platforms on which the software operates, but do not include in-depth platform-specific information.
• Targeting manuals—Targeting manuals provide specific information required to create software that operates on a particular platform or microprocessor. Examples include the Targeting Windows, Targeting Java, and Targeting DSP56800 manuals.
• Reference manuals—Reference manuals provide specialized information that supports coding libraries, programming languages, and the IDE. Examples include the C Compiler Reference, MSL C Reference, and Extending the CodeWarrior IDE manuals.
• Core manuals—Core manuals explain the core technologies available in the
CodeWarrior IDE. Examples include:
– IDE User’s Guide
– C/C++ Compilers Reference
– MSL C Reference and MSL C++ Reference
– Extending the CodeWarrior IDE
– Command-Line Tools Reference
Manual Conventions
This section explains conventions in the IDE User’s Guide.
Figure Conventions
The CodeWarrior IDE employs a virtually identical user interface across multiple hosts.
For this reason, illustrations of common interface elements use images from any host.
However, some interface elements are unique to a particular host. In such cases, clearly labelled images identify the specific host.
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Manual Conventions
Keyboard Conventions
The CodeWarrior IDE accepts keyboard shortcuts, or key bindings, for frequently used operations. For each operation, this manual lists corresponding key bindings by platform.
Hyphens separate multiple keystrokes in each key binding.
Special note for Solaris and Linux users
The Solaris and Linux IDE use Macintosh symbols to represent modifier keys in key bindings.
Table 1.1
shows the relationship between the Macintosh symbols and the
equivalent modifier keys on Solaris and Linux computers. Solaris and Linux computers can map a modifier key to any key on the keyboard. The preceding table reflects the default modifier key configuration for these computers. Remember that custom mappings supersede the default configuration noted in the table.
Table 1.1 Macintosh Modifier-Key Equivalents for Solaris and Linux
Symbol Macintosh
Name
Control
Solaris
Equivalent
Control
Linux Equivalent
Ctrl
Option Alt Alt
Command Meta Alt
Shift Shift Shift
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