Tools Menu Commands
Interactive
This toggles interactive mode on the current window. In interactive mode, pressing
the ENTER key will send the current line as input to GenStat. Interactive
windows are recognizable by having a grey background to their text area. The
Interactive menu item is checked whenever the current window is in interactive
mode.
Syntax Only
When selected the command generation mode is enabled. In this mode, menus send
generated commands only to the Input Log, and not to GenStat. This allows the
menus to be used to generate a GenStat program which may be saved to a file or
edited before sending to GenStat using the
Run menu.
Syntax Highlighting
When selected, the GenStat command language will have the command words and symbols
highlighted in different colours. You can set the colours for the different
attributes of the command language within the Fonts and Colours
section of the Options menu.
Options
Sets various options for GenStat, including
general,
text editor,
audit trail,
save settings,
fonts and colours
date format,
data space,
graphics, and
menus.
Spreadsheet Options
Specifies various control parameters for spreadsheet
windows. Click here for further details.
Graphics Environment
Allows you to select or create a new graphics environment files for your session. A graphics environment file contains
commands that specify exactly how a graph is produced. It controls aspects like whether or not boxes are drawn
around the plots, the display of the key, and the styles and the colours of outlines for graphs such as
histograms or shade plots.
Customize Toolbar
Allows you to control the appearance of the toolbar.
Working Directory
This sets the current working directory, which provides the default path for
file menus.
Procedure Libraries
The following facilities are available for procedure libraries:
- Attach for attaching procedure libraries.
- Build for creating or modifying procedure libraries.
- Build for displaying the contents of procedure libraries.
Customize User Menu
If GenStat has any add-ins attached then a menu item called User will appear on the main menu.
This allows you to control the appearance of the User menu.
Save Options Now
Saves the current option settings.
Save Layout
Saves the current arrangement of standard windows and icons. The Save tab
of the Options menu allows you to automatically save this information when
you exit GenStat.