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Writing Scripts with Lingo 413
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To make new Script windows automatically format your scripts with proper indenting, select
Enable for Auto Format. This option is on by default.
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To make new Script windows display line numbers for your scripts, select Enable for Line
Numbering. This option is on by default.
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If Auto Coloring is on, select colors for the following code elements from the corresponding
color menus:
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Keywords
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Comments
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Literals
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Custom (terms you define in your own Lingo code)
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To change the line number column background color, click the Line Number color menu and
choose a new color.
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To change the location of the Call Stack, Variable, and Watcher panes in the Debugger
window, select left, top, right, or bottom from the Debugger Panes menu.
Inserting common Lingo terms
The Script window provides pop-up menus of common Lingo terms that you can use to insert
Lingo in a script. The same menus also appear in the Message window.
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The Alphabetical Lingo menu lists every element in alphabetical order, except 3D Lingo.
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The Categorized Lingo menu lists categories of elements according to the features they are
often used for. It does not include 3D Lingo.
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The Alphabetical 3D Lingo menu lists all 3D Lingo elements in alphabetical order.
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The Categorized 3D Lingo menu lists categories of all 3D Lingo elements according to the
features they are used for.
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The Scripting Xtras menu contains Lingo terms that are provided by any third-party Xtra
extensions that you have installed.
When you select an element from the Lingo pop-up menus, Director inserts the element at the
insertion point in the Script window.