http://docs.kde.org/
Prev Next

Chapter 3. Command Reference

Table of Contents

The main Cantor window
The File Menu
The View Menu
The Worksheet Menu
The Linear Algebra Menu
The Calculate Menu
The Package Menu
The Plot Menu
The Settings and Help Menu

The main Cantor window

Cantor has the common KDE menu items, for more information read the Menu chapter of the KDE Fundamentals.

Below is the list of the additional or special menu items in Cantor. Please note that some menus are only shown for backends that have corresponding implementation.

The File Menu

File → New (Ctrl+N)

Creates a new worksheet with the default backend.

File → New → Backend

Creates a new worksheet with the chosen backend.

File → Open... (Ctrl+O)

Open a supported new worksheet with the file dialog.

File → Open Recent

Choose a worksheet from a list of recently used files.

File → Download Example Worksheets

Opens the dialog to download examples uploaded by other Cantor users with GetHotNewStuff.

File → Open Example

Opens the dialog to choose an example to load. The examples should be downloaded with File → Download Example Worksheets beforehand.

File → Save Plain Text

Allows saving the current worksheet as a plain text document.

File → Export to LaTeX

Allows saving the current worksheet as a LATEX document.

File → Publish Worksheet

Opens the dialog to publish your current worksheet and make it available to other Cantor users through GetHotNewStuff.

File → Run Script

Allows to load and run the batch scripts for the current backend.

The View Menu

View → Panels

Allows you to toggle the visibility of some tabs in the sidebar. Choices are:

File Browser

Toggles the visibility of the File Browser tab in the sidebar.

Help

Toggles the visibility of the Help tab in the sidebar.

Variable Manager

Toggles the visibility of the Variable Manager tab in the sidebar.

View → Zoom In (Ctrl++)

Zoom in the current worksheet by 10%.

View → Zoom Out (Ctrl+-)

Zoom out the current worksheet by 10%.

View → Show Script Editor

Opens the batch script editor window for the current backend.

The Worksheet Menu

Worksheet → Evaluate Worksheet (Ctrl+E)

Triggers the evaluation of the whole worksheet.

Worksheet → Evaluate Entry (Shift+Enter)

Triggers the current entry evaluation.

Worksheet → Insert Command Entry (Ctrl+Enter)

Inserts a new command entry below the current cursor position.

Worksheet → Insert Text Entry

Inserts a new text entry below the current cursor position.

Worksheet → Insert Markdown Entry

Inserts a Markdown entry below the current cursor position..

Worksheet → Insert LaTeX Entry

Inserts a LATEX entry below the current cursor position..

Worksheet → Insert Image

Inserts an image below the current cursor position.

Worksheet → Insert Page Break

Inserts the page break below the current cursor position.

Worksheet → Collapse All Results

Collapse all results of the command entry.

Worksheet → Expand All Results

Expand all results of the command entry.

Worksheet → Remove All Results

Remove all results of the command entry.

Worksheet → Remove current Entry (Shift+Del)

Removes current entry from the worksheet.

The Linear Algebra Menu

Linear Algebra → Create Matrix

Opens the matrix creation assistant dialog.

Linear Algebra → Compute Eigenvalues

Opens the matrix name input assistant dialog to compute its eigenvalues and dimensions of the multiplicities of the eigenvalues in the corresponding order.

Linear Algebra → Compute Eigenvectors

Opens the matrix name input assistant dialog to compute its eigenvalues, dimensions of the multiplicities of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors in the corresponding order.

Linear Algebra → Invert Matrix

Opens the matrix name input assistant dialog to find the inverse of the matrix.

The Calculate Menu

Calculate → Differentiate

Opens the differentiation parameters dialog.

Calculate → Integrate

Opens the integration parameters dialog.

Calculate → Solve equations

Opens the parameters input dialog to solve linear and non-linear equations.

The Package Menu

Package → Import Package

Opens the package import dialog.

The Plot Menu

Plot → Plot

Opens the plot parameters dialog.

Plot → Plot 2D

Opens the plot parameters dialog.

Plot → Plot 3D

Opens the plot parameters dialog.

The Settings and Help Menu

Cantor has the common KDE Settings and Help menu items, for more information read the sections about the Settings Menu and Help Menu of the KDE Fundamentals.