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<p class="note"><b>Note:</b> This draft document describes SoulEdit V7.7, which is still in development. Until the commercial release of the software, Rocket reserves the right to add to, remove, or change anything described herein.</p>  
This document lists the changes that have been made for <var class="product">[[SoulEdit]]</var> version 7.7.
<p><var class="product">SoulEdit</var> 7.7 is designed for use with Model&nbsp;204 V7.7 and later but is backward compatible to Model&nbsp;204 V7.6.</p>


This document lists the changes that have been made for <var class="product">SoulEdit</var> version 7.7.
<var class="product">SoulEdit</var> is a member of the <var class="product">[[RKTools]]</var> product family; see also the [[Release notes for RKTools V7.7|release notes for RKTools version 7.7]].
<p><var class="product">SoulEdit</var> 7.7 requires <var class="product">Model&nbsp;204</var> V7.7 or higher.</p>
 
==New in version 7.7==
SoulEdit in RKTools 7.7 includes a "railway track" formatting feature that lets you easily detect indentation problems and missing block-ending lines.
 
Railway tracks are vertical bars that replace leading blanks in code, revealing at a glance the level of code indentation, as shown in this figure:


<var class="product">SoulEdit</var> is a member of the <var class="product">[[RKTools]]</var> product family; see also the [[Release notes for RKTools V7.7|release notes for RKTools version 7.7]].
<p class="caption" style="width:450px">SoulEdit railway tracks</p>  
<p class="figure">[[File:SeditRailTracks.png|450px]] </p>


==RKWeb UI for SoulEdit functionality==
To insert railway tracks in your code:
The [[RKWeb]] tool, new in RKTools 7.7, enables you to access SirEdit functionality using a task-based web UI.  
<ol>
<li>Enter <code>SETUP</code> from the SoulEdit command line. </li>


From RKWeb, you can view a list of procedures in a selected file, filter and customize the list, and open a procedure to edit it.
<li>In the Editor Preferences window, specify <code>Y</code> for the <b>Show Railway Tracks</b> field. </li>
<p>The standard 3270 SirScan interface has not changed; RKWeb simply provides an easy to use, mobile-friendly alternative.</p>  


<p>For more information, see the Edit section of [[RKWeb]].</p>
<li>Press the F5 function key to save and exit. </li>
</ol>

Latest revision as of 19:47, 23 June 2017

This document lists the changes that have been made for SoulEdit version 7.7.

SoulEdit 7.7 is designed for use with Model 204 V7.7 and later but is backward compatible to Model 204 V7.6.

SoulEdit is a member of the RKTools product family; see also the release notes for RKTools version 7.7.

New in version 7.7

SoulEdit in RKTools 7.7 includes a "railway track" formatting feature that lets you easily detect indentation problems and missing block-ending lines.

Railway tracks are vertical bars that replace leading blanks in code, revealing at a glance the level of code indentation, as shown in this figure:

SoulEdit railway tracks

To insert railway tracks in your code:

  1. Enter SETUP from the SoulEdit command line.
  2. In the Editor Preferences window, specify Y for the Show Railway Tracks field.
  3. Press the F5 function key to save and exit.