What are the code introspection tools available in Jedi to help me get started?
Getting started in Jazz can indeed be challenging. The good news is that once over first bump it is easy to learn further by example using all the code introspection tools available in the Jedi IDE, as almost everything available in Jazz is used somewhere in Jedi. For instance: • You see a button that does something and are wondering how it works: • Press F8, move your mouse over the button, right-click and select ‘Edit Action’ (or ‘Edit Action Handler’ depending) and you’ll be taken to the source code implementing that button. • Same thing for menu items: • Just open the menu, press F8, move your mouse over the item, right-click, … • If the code you are looking for happens through a shortcut: • Go to the Tools / View Shortcut Bindings… menu item (ctrl-shift-k), press the shortcut and double-click the desired binding, and you’ll be taken to the source code that implements that binding. Once in the code it should be simple to navigate further since Jazz catalogs all source-code for
