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Updated Feb 4, 2010 by a.michu...@gmail.com

Menu overview

Menu "File"

"Open..." (hot key "O")

Open file dialog.

"Reload" (hot key "R")

Reload current file.

Checkbutton "Watch file" (hot key "W")

Turn ON/OFF watching mode.

In this mode Scato watch the file, and reload it just when it has been changed.

Checkbutton "Raise window on reload" (hot key "Z")

Force autoraise window every time when file has been reload.

"Export PostScript" (hot key "E")

Export image as PostScript file.

Tip: You can convert it to any other format using gs utility.

"Quit" (hot key "Q")

Quit.

Play

This menu is to handle program execution.

Checkbutton "Run on load" (hot key "A")

If checkbox is ON, then program running immediately after loading. If checkbox is OFF, then you must press SPACE ("Continue") to force execution of program.

Checkbutton "Step by step" (hot key "S")

In "step by step" mode (checkbox is ON) every next step of execution performed on SPACE hitting.

On every step you can view results on draw area, and in status line.

"Restart" (hot key "I")

Initialize program. Prepare it to execute next step.

"Continue" (hot key SPACE)

Perform next step (in step-by-step mode) or continue execution.

Info

The items of this menu raise popup windows with some information.

"Variables" (hot key "V")

Current named variables and these values.

"Box" (hot key "B")

Information about ocupated area.

"Tortoize status" (hot key "T")

Information about current state of tortoise. Placement, direction, line width and color.

Help

"Language memo"

Brief language memo. You can read it on-line just now (and the same in Russian).

"Examples for learning"

Some build-in examples to learning Scato step by step. You can find these on-line.

"Demo"

Some examples to demonstrate the abilities of Scato. You can find these on-line.

"Command line options"

Brief memo.

"License"

Scato uses the BSD license.

"About"

Information about version, author, contacts, home site.


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