The Menubar

In the menubar you find all the actions of KTurtle. They are in the following groups: File, Edit, View, Tools, Settings, and Help. This section describes them all.

The File Menu

File->New (Ctrl-N): Creates a new, empty TurtleScript file.

File->Open... (Ctrl-O): Opens a TurtleScript file.

File->Open Recent: Opens a TurtleScript file that has been opened recently.

File->Save (Ctrl-S): Saves the currently opened TurtleScript file.

File->Save As...: Saves the currently opened TurtleScript file on a specified location.

File->Examples: Open example TurtleScript programs. The examples are in your favorite language that you can choose in Settings->Script Language.

File->Speed: Present a list of possible execution speeds, consisting of: Full Speed, Slow, Slower, Slowest and Step-by-Step. When the execution speed is set to Full Speed (default) we can barely keep up with what is happening. Sometimes this behavior is wanted, but sometimes we want to keep track of the execution. In the latter case you want to set the execution speed to Slow, Slower or Slowest. When one of the slow modes is selected the current position of the executor will be shown in the editor. Step-by-Step will execute one command at a time.

File->Run (F5): Starts the execution of the commands in the code editor.

File->Pause (F6): Pauses the execution. This action is only enabled when the commands are actually executing.

File->Abort (F7): Stops the execution. This action is only enabled when the commands are actually executing.

File->Print... (Ctrl-P): Prints the current code in the editor.

File->Quit (Ctrl-Q): Quits KTurtle.

The Edit Menu

Edit->Undo (Ctrl-Z): Undoes the last change to code. KTurtle has unlimited undos.

Edit->Redo (Ctrl-Shift-Z): Redoes an undone change to the code.

Edit->Cut (Ctrl-X): Cuts the selected text from the code editor to the clipboard.

Edit->Copy (Ctrl-C): Copies the selected text from the code editor to the clipboard.

Edit->Paste (Ctrl-V): Pastes the text from the clipboard to the editor.

Edit->Select All (Ctrl-A): Selects all the text from the editor.

Edit->Find... (Ctrl-F): With this action you can find phrases in the code.

Edit->Find Next (F3): Use this to find the next occurrence of the phrase.

Edit->Find Previous (Shift-F3): Use this to find the previous occurrence of the phrase.

Edit->Toggle Insert (Ins): Toggle between the 'insert' and 'overwrite' mode.

The View Menu

View->Show Code Editor: Show or hide the Code Editor.

View->Show Line Numbers (F11): With this action you can show the line numbers in the code editor. This can be handy for finding errors.

View->Show Inspector: Show or hide the Inspector.

The Tools Menu

Tools->Direction Chooser: This action opens the direction chooser dialog.

The Settings Menu

Settings->Script Language: Choose the language for the code.

Settings->Show Toolbar: Toggle the Main Toolbar

Settings->Show Statusbar: Toggle the Statusbar

Settings->Configure Shortcuts...: Standard KDE dialog to configure the shortcuts.

Settings->Configure Toolbars...: Standard KDE dialog to configure the toolbars.

The Help Menu

Help->KTurtle Handbook (F1): This action shows the handbook that you are currently reading.

Help->What's This? (Shift-F1): After activating this action the mouse arrow will be changed into a “question mark arrow”. When this arrow is used to click on parts of KTurtle main window, a description of the particular part pops-up.

Help->Report Bug...: Use this to report a problem with KTurtle to the developers. These reports can be used to make future versions of KTurtle even better.

Help->About KTurtle: Here you find information on KTurtle, like the authors and the license it comes with.

Help->About KDE: Here you can find information on KDE. If you do not know yet what KDE is, this is a place you should not miss.