The File Button

The File button, illustrated in Figure 5.2, is used to read and write PADE data files, set user preferences, and exit PADE. In all cases, if the current PADE data have been modified, the user will be prompted to save it before loading new data into pade. The menu entries are:

 

Figure 5.2. The File menu

• New -- clears the current PADE data. This is used to remove the PADE data before creating new data.
• Open... -- load a PADE data file into PADE. This is used to retrieve saved data. It opens a File Browser window (see Section 5.2).
• Save -- write the current PADE data to the current PADE data file. This is used to update a file with the current PADE data. If a PADE data file is not open, a File Browser window pops up.
• Save As... -- write the current PADE data to any file name. This is used to save the current PADE data in a new file. It opens a File Browser window.
• Preferences -- sets user preferences. This has a submenu with the following entries:
  • Terminal -- the kind of term window that is used for running PVMmake , applications, and some CAML Utilities, for example, xterm .
  • WWW Browser -- the user's favorite World Wide Web browser command.
  • File Browser Default Path -- pathname of the directory where the file browser will look for files.
  • Confirmation Dialog -- toggles on or off the appearance of confirmation dialog windows whenever an action is taken.

  • Save Preferences -- writes current values of the above preferences to the .paderc file in the user's home directory.

• Exit -- end the PADE session.