Setup

When you open JereIDE, a welcome page would show with the version, the logo, and the tagline.

Get to Know the Command Palette

JereIDE has a useful Command Palette so you can search and run the commands you need. Press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P to open it. Press Esc, click outside, or run a command to close it. You can select commands with top/down arrows or your mouse. You can run them with Enter or Return.

Creating, Writing, and Saving Tabs in JereIDE

Press Cmd/Ctrl+N to open a new tab.

The new tab will appear with a blank editor, with “Untitled” in the tab title. You can start typing now. After you are done, press Cmd/Ctrl+S to save the file. A dialog will open and you can choose a filename(and the extension too) and save it in the directory you want.

If a file is modified, or “dirty”, a dot will appear to the left of the tab title. After you save it, the dirty dot will vanish.

You can always close a tab by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+W.

Tip

All of these commands are available in the command palette as file: new, file: save, file: close tab, etc.

Opening Files and Folders

To open a file, press Cmd/Ctrl+O or run file: open from the command palette and select the file in the native OS dialog. The file will open in a new tab and the editor will automatically switch to that tab.

To open a project, run file: open project from the command palette and select a folder in the OS dialog. This is an experimental feature; The current directory and its contents will be shown in the sidebar.

Tip

There are many, many ways to invoke commands like this. For example, you can select Open… from the File menu to open a file, or you could also click the Open… button and select Open File from the dropdown.

For opening a project, you can also select Open Projectfrom theFile menu or press Command+Shift+O. And you could also click Open… in the title bar and select Open Project from the dropdown.