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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Marek Slama
  • Date: 2008-01-29 14:11:22 UTC
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20080129141122-fnzjbo11ntghxfu7
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        <title>Source Editor Tips</title>
 
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        <h2>Source Editor Tips</h2>
 
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        <p>The following table shows how to accomplish some common tasks 
 
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and gives you some tips for working in the IDE's Source Editor.</p>
 
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        <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" summary="The left column lists the
 
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            task name. The right column lists the steps to perform.">
 
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            <tr valign="top"> 
 
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                <th scope="col" align="left">To perform this task</th>
 
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                <th scope="col" align="left">Follow these steps</th>
 
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            </tr>
 
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            <tr valign="top"> 
 
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                <td>Handle the automatic insertion of quotation marks, parentheses, and so on.</td>
 
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                <td> 
 
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                    <p>When you type a character that typically is used in pairs (such 
 
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                    as a quotation mark or a parenthesis, the IDE also automatically inserts 
 
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                    the closing character (such as another quotation mark or the 
 
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                    closing parenthesis). If you find this distracts your typing, 
 
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                    you can simply type the closing characters as you would normally. 
 
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                    The IDE will use the closing character that you type and delete the 
 
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                    character that it inserted.</p>
 
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                </td>
 
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                <td>Format code automatically with consistent indentation.</td>
 
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                    <ul><li>Right-click in the Source Editor and choose Reformat Code. 
 
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                    <p>If any text is selected, only 
 
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                    that text will be reformatted. If no text is selected, then the whole file is reformatted.</p></li></ol>
 
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                <td>Find the appropriate code element (class, method, or field) 
 
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                and insert it into your code.</td>
 
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                    <li>When typing in the Source Editor, press Ctrl-Space to open 
 
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                    the 
 
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                    <a href="nbdocs://org.netbeans.modules.usersguide/org/netbeans/modules/usersguide/editing/codecompletion/intro.html">code completion</a> box.</li>
 
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                    <li>Scroll the list of code elements provided, select the one you 
 
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                    want, and press Enter. </li></ol>
 
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                <td>Insert a commonly used code snippet.</td>
 
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                        <li>Type the abbreviation for the code snippet and press Shift-Space.</li>
 
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                    <p>See <a href="nbdocs://org.netbeans.modules.usersguide/org/netbeans/modules/usersguide/shortcuts/abbreviations-list.html">Code Template Abbreviations: Quick Reference</a>.</p>
 
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                <td>Quickly insert a word that you have already typed elsewhere.</td>
 
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                        <li>Type Ctrl-K to insert the closest previous word that matches 
 
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                    <p>For example, consider the following code:
 
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                    <pre>BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(<i>...</i>)</pre>
 
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                        <li>Type 
 
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                        <pre>BufferedReader br = new B</pre></li>
 
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                    <p>See <a href="nbdocs://org.netbeans.modules.usersguide/org/netbeans/modules/usersguide/editing/wordmatch.html">Using the Word Match Feature</a> 
 
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                <td>Go to the Java source for the identifier the insertion point is on.</td>
 
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                <td>Go to a Java file via hyperlinks.</td>
 
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                <td>Jump to the declaration for the Java method or field the insertion point is on.</td>
 
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                        <li>Use the Alt-K and Alt-L <a href="nbdocs://org.netbeans.modules.usersguide/org/netbeans/modules/usersguide/editing/jumplist.html">jump list</a> 
 
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