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Apache Lucene - Query Parser Syntax
Apache Lucene - Query Parser Syntax Overview Terms Fields Term Modifiers Wildcard Searches Fuzzy Searches Proximity Searches Range Searches Boost...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 3:15 AM
Version Control in Understand
You can integrate version control with Understand via User Tools. First, download the configuration files here: Subversion (SVN) (10.3 KB) CVS (8.1 KB)...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:51 AM
Highlight Unused Entities
Have you ever needed to see what code isn’t actually being used? Understand has an option to turn on highlighting for entities that are defined but not used...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:41 AM
DO-178B Compliance (Avionics)
DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification, is a standard published by RTCA, Inc that the FAA accepts for certifying s...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:40 AM
Editor Features
Our goal for the Understand editor was to provide an IDE equal to the top programming editors, but also give it lots of features for maintaining and underst...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:37 AM
Multiple Highlighting
Have you ever wanted to highlight an entity and then highlight a different entity but not lose the highlighting on the first? With the ‘Toggle Persistent Hi...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:36 AM
Fast Navigation of Opened Windows
As I walk around meeting with our engineers, I notice they will frequently have dozens of files open in Understand’s GUI. They use the “Window Selector” to ...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:33 AM
Block and Multi-Line Editing
To select a block of text spanning several lines in the editor just hold down the “Alt” key while selecting the text  You can also edit multiple lines...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:30 AM
Code Refactoring
Refactoring is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior. ...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 2:09 AM
Edit Companion File with Ctrl + Apostrophe
Since build 516 if you are editing a code file you can quickly switch to the corresponding header file and back again with Ctrl+’ (apostrophe).
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 1:42 AM