1. Open up Programmer's Notepad
2. Click "Tools" then "Options." An "Options" window should appear
3. On the lefthand menu, under "General," click on "Defaults"
4. Check the checkbox for "Show Line Numbers"
5. On the lefthand menu, click on "Tools" (near the bottom)
6. Make sure Scheme is either "C/C++" or "(None - Global Tools)"
7. Click on the "Add" button, and fill in the window as shown below. Click OK when you are done
8. Click on the "Add" button again, and fill in the window as shown below. Click OK when you are done
9. Click OK on the "Options" menu
You are now done setting up the menu.
In steps 8 and 9, make sure "Command" points to the appropriate files. These will be different based on your installation.
In steps 8 and 9, replace the following if you do not wish to use projects…
Change $(ProjectPath) to %d
Change $(ProjectName) to %n
I reccommend docking the output window to the bottom of Programmers Notepad, and the Projects window to the left hand side of Programmers Notepad. Follow these steps to do that…
1. On the top menu of Programmers Notepad, click "View." If "Output" is not already checked, select it (bottom item)
2. The output window should now appear if it wasn't already open. Drag the window to the bottom of the Programmers Notepad to dock it (a rectangle will appear when you are dragging it which will cover the entire bottom of the window)
3. On the top menu of Programmers Notepad, click "View," then "Windows."
4. On the menu that appears, make sure "Project" is checked. If not, select that item to check it.
5. As in step 2, drag the Project window to the left hand side of Programmers Notepad to dock it.
To compile your current project, simply hit F1. You can also click "Tools" and select "gccVB." When you compile a program for the first time, an "Output" window will appear. I prefer to dock this window on the bottom of my screen. To do this, you can drag the window near the bottom of the Programmer's Notepad window, and the outline rectangle should grow to the size of the Programmer's Notepad window.
If any errors happen while compiling, you can click on the error in the Output window to be taken directly to the error.
To run the program using Reality Boy, you can hit F2. You can also click "Tools" and select "Reality Boy"
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