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title: About Dialog
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![About dialog](../images/ui/frmAboutTike.png)

The About dialog displays copyright and registration information for
Keyman Developer, and has a link to the Keyman website.
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title: Using the Character Map
---

![Character Map tool](../images/ui/frmCharacterMapNew.png)

To display the Character Map:

- Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>c</kbd>
- Select **View** &#8594; **Character Map**

The Character Map will appear by default docked to the right hand side
of the IDE but can be undocked or re-docked on any side of the window.

### Using the Character Map

To insert a character:
1. Position the text cursor where you want to insert the character
2. Locate the desired character in the Character Map and insert it by:
- selecting the character and pressing the Enter key, or
- double-clicking on the character, or
- right-clicking on the character and selecting Insert Character.

> ### Note
If the Insert Mode is set to Code or Name, pressing Enter or
double-clicking on the character will insert the Unicode code or
name of the character, not the character itself. These options are
most useful when writing or editing keyboard source files (.KMN).

### Insert Modes

There are three insert modes: Code, Character and Name:

- Code: inserts the character's Unicode code
- Character: inserts the character itself
- Name: inserts the character's Unicode name

To change the insert mode:

1. Right-click on the Character Map.
2. Highlight the Insert Mode submenu.
3. Choose the desired mode from the Insert Mode submenu.

### Character Map Options

When you right click on the Character Map, the following menu options
are displayed:

Insert Character
: Inserts the selected character at the cursor position in your
document.

Filter...
: Displays the Filter dialog box. See [Filtering](#toc-filtering) below.

Goto...
: Displays the Goto dialog box. See Using [Goto](#toc-goto) below.

Font...
: Allows you to choose a different font for viewing the Character Map. <br/>
Note: This does not affect the font being used in your document!

Insert Mode
: Allows you to select the character insert mode you want. See [Insert
Modes](#toc-insert-modes) above.

Display Quality
: Allows you to select a different font display quality for the
Character Map. The options are: <br/>
- Plain: no font smoothing
- Antialiased: uses the Windows standard font smoothing
- ClearType: uses the Windows ClearType font smoothing method

### Characters and Fonts

When a character is not available in the selected font, the Character
Map will fall back to **Code2000**, **Code2001**, **Code2002**, **Arial Unicode MS** and
**Lucida Sans Unicode** fonts. If the character is not found in these
fallback fonts, the Character Map will use font linking to attempt to
find a character from other fonts installed on the system, and as a last
resort, will show a square box if no suitable font can be found.

If a character is not displayed from other than the selected font, it
will be shown in blue instead of black.

### Filtering

![Character Map Filter dialog](../images/ui/frmCharacterMapFilter.png)

The Character Map can be filtered by Unicode character name or character
range. Filters can be entered in the Filter By field at the bottom of
the Character Map; a quick reference user interface dialog to help you
edit the filter is available by clicking the \[...\] button.

When no filter is applied, the Character Map will show all characters
from the Unicode 8.0 standard.

All filter strings are case insensitive. Character names use the letters
`A-Z`, numerals `0-9`, and punctuation underscore (`_`) and hyphen
(`-`).

Spaces between words in the filter are represented either by underscore
(`_`) or space (` `) and can be used interchangeably.

A filter can be for a range or on the Unicode Character Name.

The filter format for a range is: `[U+]XXXX-[U+]YYYY`, where `U+` is
optional, `XXXX` is the starting Unicode value and `YYYY` is the
finishing Unicode value.

The filtering options for Unicode Character Names are:

### Examples

| | |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| Filter | Result |
| `LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A` | Finds all Latin capital A variations |
| `LATIN * LETTER A` | finds all Latin capital and lower case A variations |
| `LATIN * LETTER [AEIOU]` | finds all Latin A,E,I,O or U vowel combinations |
| `<Thai` | finds the Thai Unicode block |
| `>LAO` | finds all characters with names starting in "LAO" in the current font |
| `YI_` | finds all characters with names starting in "YI " - you must use `_` (underscore) and not `( )` space at the end of a search string. <br/> Note that without the `_`, this search also matches YIN_YANG. |
| `LATIN * LETTER A$` | finds only "a" and "A" |
| `1000-119F` | finds all characters between U+1000 and U+119F (inclusive) - the Myanmar alphabet in this case |

### Goto

The Goto tool can be used to move directly to a specific Unicode
character or value.

1. Right click on a character and select Goto. The **Enter Unicode character value or name** dialog box will be displayed.
2. Enter the Unicode character value - e.g. `006B` or `U+006B` OR enter the start of the character name, e.g. `LAO_LETTER` will go
to **LAO_LETTER_KO**, being the first character that matches. You
can substitute spaces for underscores if you prefer.
3. Click OK. The character map will attempt to move to the character you specified.
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title: Debug Window
---

![Debug window - Debug State](../images/ui/frmKeymanWizard_Debug_State.png)

The debug window is shown at the bottom of the keyboard editor when
debugging the keyboard. There are several user interface areas: The
debugger input window, the debugger status window, a debugger toolbar
(usually docked under the menu), and the status bar will show the
current debugger status.

## Debugger input window

![Debug window - Debug State](../images/ui/frmDebug.png)

The debugger input window is used for typing input to test the keyboard.
In the top half of this window, input you type while testing your
keyboard will be displayed, exactly the same as in use, with one
exception: deadkeys will be shown visually with an
![OBJ](../images//ui/obj.gif) symbol.

The lower half of the window shows a grid of the characters to the
virtual left of the insertion point, or the selected characters if you
make a selection. Deadkeys will be identified in the grid. The grid will
show characters in right-to-left scripts in backing store order, from
left to right. If there are more characters in your text than can fit on
the screen, then only those that fit will be shown in the grid.

## Debug controls

The debug menu and debug toolbar control the debugger.

![Debug toolbar](../images/ui/Debug_Toolbar.png)

![Debug menu](../images/ui/Debug_Menu.png)

Set/Clear breakpoint
: A breakpoint can be put on a line of code to ask Keyman Developer to
stop and show what is happening in the keyboard layout when that
line is reached. Typically, you would put a breakpoint on a
particular rule, so you could debug an unexpected behaviour on that
rule.

Start Debugging
: Starts the debugger

Stop Debugger
: Stops the current debug session

Single Step Mode
: When this option is active, you will step through every group and
rule that your keyboard applies when a keystroke is pressed. The
Step Forward and Run controls are only relevant in Single Step Mode.

Step Forward
: Move to the next step in your keyboard code.

Run
: Stop processing the current keystroke event in single step mode
(unless a breakpoint is hit). The next keystroke event will drop
into single step mode again.

Pause
: Use the Pause button or press <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Esc</kbd> to pause the debugger. When
the debugger is paused, it will not accept any input, and ordinary shortcut keys (<kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>F5</kbd>, <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Tab</kbd>, etc.) will function as usual. Press Pause again to resume debugging.

<!-- System keyboard
: The system keyboard layout currently being used. You can test your
keyboard with a different underlying layout by selecting
**Select System Keyboard** from the **Debug** menu. -->

## Debug State box

The debug state box shows the internal state of the keyboard
interpreter.

### State

![Debug window - Debug State](../images/ui/frmKeymanWizard_Debug_State.png)

This window shows the current keystroke state, and the sequence of
keystrokes that were typed to arrive at this state. Clearing the text in
the debug window will also clear the keystroke log; as will pressing the
Restart button.

The Restart button is disabled while stepping through an event.

### Elements

![Debug window - Debug Elements](../images/ui/frmKeymanWizard_Debug_Elements.png)

This shows the elements that make up rule currently being processed: the
context, the key, and also what the output will be. If the rule uses
stores, the contents of the store will be shown in the right-hand
column, with the matched letter in red.

### Call Stack

![Debug window - Debug Call stack](../images/ui/frmKeymanWizard_Debug_CallStack.png)

Here all the lines that have been processed to this point are shown in a
list. You can double-click on any entry in the list to display the line
in the keyboard source.

### Deadkeys

![Debug window - Debug Deadkeys](../images/ui/frmKeymanWizard_Debug_Deadkeys.png)

This lists all the deadkeys that are currently in the context. You can
select one from the list to see it highlighted in the debug input box.
This information can also be seen in the character grid in the lower
half of the debugger input window.

### Regression Testing

![Debug window - Debug Regression Test](../images/ui/frmKeymanWizard_Debug_RegressionTest.png)

The idea in regression testing is to record a sequence of keystrokes and
the output the keyboard produced, in order to test for the same
behaviour when you make changes to the keyboard.

Use Start Log/Stop Log to record the input and output. You can then use
Start Test to run the test again, or go the Options menu to clear the log,
or save or load a test, or use the batch mode to run several tests in a
row.

If the output produced while running a test is different to that stored
when recording it, Keyman will halt the test on the line where the
failure occurred, and activate Single Step mode.

### Status bar

The input status is shown in the second pane of the status bar. It can
show one of the following messages:

Ready for input
: The debugger is waiting for more input

Focused for input
: The debugger is waiting for more input, and the Debug Input window
is active

Paused
: The debugger is paused

Receiving events
: The debugger is processing input

Debugging
: The debugger is active during Single Step mode or after a breakpoint

## Test mode

Enter test mode by clicking the **Test Mode**
button on the debugger toolbar.

The test mode lets you test your keyboard without the debugger being
active. This lets you test functionality that is not available within
the debugger - primarily [IMX code](../guides/develop/imx/).

Once in test mode, no debugger controls are available.

You can see the character codes for the current or selected characters
in the status bar, which can be useful when debugging your keyboard.
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title: Add/Edit Language Example Dialog
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![Add/Edit Language Example dialog](../images/ui/frmEditLanguageExample.png)

This dialog allows you to create or edit example key sequences to demonstrate
how to use your keyboard. Examples should be relatively short -- one to five
words is ideal, but if possible, should demonstrate sequences that may be hard
for users to discover on their own.

These language examples can be seen live, for example, on
[keymanweb.com](https://keymanweb.com).

## Language tag

Enter the BCP 47 language tag that this example corresponds to. It should be a
language tag that is listed in the package file.

## Key sequence

This is a space separated list of keys. For spacebar, use `space`. For modifier
key combinations, use the modifier key(s) followed by `+` and the key that they
are pressed together with, e.g. `right-alt+shift+A`.

* modifiers indicated with "+"
* spacebar is "space"
* plus key is "shift+=" or "plus" on US English (all other punctuation as per
key cap).
* Hardware modifiers are: "shift", "ctrl", "alt", "left-ctrl", "right-ctrl",
"left-alt", "right-alt"
* Key caps should generally be their character for desktop (Latin script case
insensitive), or the actual key cap for touch
* Caps Lock should be indicated with "caps-on", "caps-off"

## Expected text

Here, put the actual output generated by the key sequence.

## Note

You may include a translation of the text or another note that highlights an
aspect of how the text is typed.

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title: Editor Window
---

Editor windows in Keyman Developer supports standard Windows editing
keystrokes. Many file formats, including .kmn, .kps, .xml, .html, .js
and .json, support syntax highlighting. The text editor in Keyman uses
the Monaco component from Visual Studio Code, so all the functionality
available in that editor is also available here.

## Special Functionality

Aside from standard Windows keys, the following keystrokes are defined
for the editor:

| Keystroke | Action |
|----------------|---------------|
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>M</kbd> | Toggle Message Window visibility |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd> | Open Character Map |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>I</kbd> | Toggle Character Identifier visibility |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>F</kbd> | Find text |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>H</kbd> | Replace text |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>U</kbd> | Convert the selection to/from characters to code values|
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