Adding or Editing Menu Items (3 of 3)
For each custom menu item, you must supply the following:
■ Menu Text: the text that will appear on the menu. An
ampersand (&) defines the following letter as a short-
cut key. The first letter is a shortcut, by default.
Use ALT+U+letter to invoke an item by its shortcut key.
■ Path Name: the full path for the program.
■ Arguments: the arguments you would give on the DOS
command line to run the program.
■ Initial Directory: QuickC treats this as the current
directory when the program runs, but does not actually
change the current directory for QuickC.
■ Select the Prompt before Returning option to see the
output screen. You will be prompted to press a key
before returning to QuickC.
■ Define an accelerator key for a frequently used utility
to invoke the program without using the menu. You can
choose any function key; QuickC notifies you if the key
is already defined. The name of the key appears beside
the item on the menu.
Custom menus support the following predefined macros:
$FILE1 Name of file in Source window
$FILE2 Name of file in Notepad window
$FILE Name of file in current window
$PROJ Base name of program list (.MAK) file; if no
program list, base name of current source file
$LINE1, $COL1 Current line or column in Source window
$LINE2, $COL2 Current line or column in Notepad window
$LINE, $COL Current line or column in current window
Macro names are case sensitive.