4 Usage

Here is a description of the menu structure and what each menu does -

• Info
  The ‘Info’ menu item produces a submenu ...
  • Info Panel
    A panel giving very limited information about Gorm
  • Preferences
    A panel allowing you to set preferences about how Gorm operates
  • Help (not implemented)
    A panel providing general help on using Gorm
• Document
  The ‘Document’ menu item produces a submenu ...
  • Open
    This produces an open panel that lets you open a Gorm document. You use this if you want to use Gorm to edit an exisiting document.
  • New Application
    This creates a new application document within Gorm, you may then use the Palettes panel to drag new objects into the document.
  • New Module
    Contains a submenu, which also contains:
    • New Empty
      produces an empty document with only NSFirst and NSOwner.
    • New Inspector
      produces a document with NSOwner, NSFirst and a window which is the correct size for an Inspector.
    • New Palette
      produces a document which is like the one by ‘New Inspector’, but it’s window is the right size for a Palette.
  • Save
    This saves the current document
  • Save As
    This saves the current document to a new file and changes the document name to match the new name on disk.
  • Save All
    This saves all documents currently being edited by Gorm.
  • Revert To Saved
    This removes all changes made to the document sunce the last save, or since the document was opened.
  • Test Interface
    This provides interactive testing of the active document. To end testing, you need to select the ‘quit’ menu item.
  • Translate
    Contains a submenu, which also contains:
    • Load Strings
      Load a string file. This file contains the strings to translate.
    • Export Strings
      Export a strings file. TODO
  • Miniaturize
    This miniaturises the active document (or whatever panel is currently key).
  • Close
    This closes the currenly active document.
  • Debug
    Prints some useful internal information.
  • Load Sound
    Loads a sound into the .gorm file.
  • Image
    Loads an image into the .gorm file.
• Edit
  In addition to the usual Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete Select All, this menu also contains:
• Set Name
  This allows the user to set a name for a given object in the Objects view in the main document window.
  • Group
    Which produces a submenu
    • In Splitview
      Groups views into an NSSplitView. Gorm does this based on the relative positions of the views being grouped. It determines the orientation and the order of th views and then groups them either vertically or horizontally in the order they appear on the screen.
    • In Box
      Simply groups all of the views into one NSBox.
    • In ScrollView
      Simply groups all of the views into one NSScrollView.
    • Ungroup
      Ungroups the contained views.
  • Disable Guideline
    This item toggles between Enable Guideline and Disable Guideline. This allows the user to turn on or off the guides which appear when placing views in a window or view in Gorm.
  • Font Panel The Font Panel allow you to modify fonts of your views.
• Classes
  Contains menus for working with classes.
  • Create Subclass
    Creates a subclass of the currently selected class in the current document classes view.
  • Load Class
    Loads a class from a .h file into the current document.
  • Create Class Files
    Generates a .h and .m file from the currently selected class in the current document classes view.
  • Instantiate
    Creates an instance of the selected class in the current document classes view.
  • Add Outlet/Action
    Adds an outlet or an action depending on what is selected in the document classes view. If the outlet icon is selected, it will add an outlet, if it the action icon is selected it will add an action.
  • Remove
    Removes the currently selected outlet, action or class.
• Tools
  Contains the inspector and the palette menus
  • Inspector
    Shows the inspector
  • Palette
    Shows the palette
  • Load Palette
    Opens a file panel and allows the user to load a palette into Gorm.
• Layout
  Contains a menu for working with alignement and layout of you views
  • Alignement Wich produces a submenu
    • Center Vertically
      Center Vertically two or more views. TODO :explain what is the reference view
    • Center Horizontally
      Center Horizontally two or more views. TODO :explain what is the reference view
    • Left Edges
      TODO
    • Right Edges
      TODO
    • Top Edges
      TODO
    • Bottom Edges
      TODO
  • Bring to Front
    Bring to front the selected view
  • Send to Back
    Send to back the selected view
• Windows
  Shows currently open windows.
• Services
  Shows currently available services.
• Hide
  Hides the application.
• Quit
  Quits the application.