The TypeAccess/CSS Manual

Version 1.2 (2 June 1997)

• 2 Copyright Information
• 3 Introduction to TypeAccess/CSS
• 4 Installation Guide
  • 4.1 Installing the End User's Version
  • 4.2 Installing the Programmers Version
• 5 Guide to the Script Language (CSS)
  • 5.1 Introduction to CSS
  • 5.2 Tutorial Example of Using CSS
    • 5.2.1 Running an Example Program in CSS
    • 5.2.2 Debugging an Example Program in CSS
    • 5.2.3 Accessing Hard-Coded Objects in CSS
  • 5.3 CSS For C/C++ Programmers
    • 5.3.1 Differences Between CSS and C++
    • 5.3.2 Differences Between CSS and ANSI C
    • 5.3.3 Extensions Available in CSS
    • 5.3.4 Features of C++ for C Programmers
  • 5.4 CSS Reference Information
    • 5.4.1 Name and Storage Spaces in CSS
    • 5.4.2 Graphical Editing of CSS Classes
    • 5.4.3 CSS Startup options
    • 5.4.4 The CSS Command Shell
    • 5.4.5 Basic Types in CSS
    • 5.4.6 CSS Commands
    • 5.4.7 CSS Functions
    • 5.4.8 Parameters affecting CSS Behavior
  • 5.5 Common User Errors
  • 5.6 Compiling CSS files as C++ Hard Code
• 6 Programming with TypeAccess
  • 6.1 Makefiles and Directory Organization
  • 6.2 The TypeAccess System
    • 6.2.1 Scanning Type Information using `maketa'
    • 6.2.2 Startup Arguments for `maketa'
    • 6.2.3 Structure of TypeAccess Type Data
    • 6.2.4 The Type-Aware Base Class taBase
    • 6.2.5 The Dump-file Format for Saving/Loading
  • 6.3 Standard TypeAccess Comment Directives
    • 6.3.1 Object Directives
    • 6.3.2 Member Directives
    • 6.3.3 Method Directives
    • 6.3.4 Top-Level Function Directives
    • 6.3.5 PDP++ Specific Directives
  • 6.4 Coding Conventions and Standards
    • 6.4.1 Naming Conventions
    • 6.8.1 Basic Functions
• 7 Guide to the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • 7.1 Window Concepts and Operation
    • 7.1.1 How to operate Windows
    • 7.1.2 How to operate Menus
    • 7.1.3 Window Views
  • 7.3 The "Object" Menu
  • 7.4 The "Actions" Menu
  • 7.5 The SubGroup Menu(s)
  • 7.6 The Edit Dialog
    • 7.6.1 Member Fields
    • 7.16.1 Edit Dialog Buttons
    • 7.16.2 Edit Dialog Menus
  • 7.17 Settings Affecting GUI Behavior
    • 7.17.1 Settings in taMisc
    • 7.17.2 XWindow Resources (Xdefaults)
  • 7.18 Color Scale Specifications
  • 7.19 File Requester
• 8 Object Basics and Basic Objects
  • 8.1 Object Basics
    • 8.1.1 What is an Object?
    • 8.1.2 Object Names
    • 8.1.3 Saving and Loading Objects
  • 8.2 Groups
    • 8.2.1 Iterating Through Group Elements
    • 8.2.2 Group Variables
    • 8.2.3 Group Functions
    • 8.2.4 Group Edit Dialog
  • 8.3 Arrays
    • 8.3.1 Array Variables
    • 8.3.2 Array Functions
    • 8.3.3 Array Editing
  • 8.4 Specifications
  • 8.5 Random Distributions
• Concept Index
• Class Type Index
• Variable Index
• Function Index

This document was generated on 2 June 1997 using the texi2html translator version 1.51 pdp.