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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.  
 
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>
<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>


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==New in version 7.7==
==New in version 7.7==
SoulEdit in RKTools 7.7 includes a "railway track" formatting feature that lets you easily spot indentation problems and missing block-ending lines.
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:
 
<p class="caption" style="width:450px">SoulEdit railway tracks</p>
<p class="figure">[[File:SeditRailTracks.png|450px]] </p>
 
To insert railway tracks in your code:
<ol>
<li>Enter <code>SETUP</code> from the SoulEdit command line. </li>
 
<li>In the Editor Preferences window, specify <code>Y</code> for the <b>Show Railway Tracks</b> field. </li>
 
<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.