Easily customized appearance and behavior

You can set a number of options that affect the appearance and behavior of the Editor.

Flexible code entry

The Editor provides several ways to enter code, and it includes a number of features to enhance the speed and efficiency of code entry. You can enter code in the PlanetPress Talk Editor by dragging and dropping commands from the Commands area, double-clicking commands in the Commands area, or by typing commands directly in the Code area as you would in a text editor.

When you type commands directly in the Code area, the command name completion can enhance the speed and accuracy of command entry.

The Editor also provides a number of ways to enter arguments into a command, and makes it easy to quickly display a list of the arguments a command requires.

Syntax highlighting

You can use syntax highlighting to make the different elements of the code in the Code area easier to distinguish visually. For example, you might choose to display all command names in a bold font with the color set to black, and all comments in a regular font with the color set to gray.

Convenient navigation

You can navigate in the Code area as you would in a text editor, using the arrow keys, and the scrollbars that appear on the bottom and on the right of the Code area when the code extends beyond the size of the Code area.

The Editor also provides bookmarks to make it easy to jump to a specific point in the code, and a feature to make it easy to jump to a specific line number.

Selection and manipulation of a region of code

You can select a region of code and then cut, copy, paste, or delete that region.

Undo command

You can undo either a single editing command, or a group of editing commands. You can also repeat the undo to continue undoing previously entered commands or groups of commands.

Search, and search and replace

You can perform search as well as search and replace operations in the Editor.

Program execution control

You can run a program through to completion, advance execution only to the pointer position, or advance execution one line of code at a time.

Result preview

You can use the Object Preview to preview the result of execution.

Print the program

You can print the code that appears in the Code area and set a number of options that determine how the code prints.

Import and export programs

The Editor can import and export programs. Thus you can write code in an external text editor and import it, or save the code you write in the Editor out to a file.

Help references

The Commands area provides a quick reference for the PlanetPress Talk language, and the command name completion feature and the argument list display feature provide quick references for specific commands.