Sending Text to Xcode

  1. Sending text to Xcode from the Files list
  2. Sending text to Xcode from the Editor
  3. Types of Send Operations

The text of a Chronicle file can be sent to the frontmost Xcode document directly from the Files List. You do not need to open the file in the Editor to perform a send operation.

To send text from the Files List, first select (highlight) a file in the Files List that you wish to send. To perform a basic Send operation (i.e. to the insertion point/selection of the frontmost Xcode text document) simply click the "Send" button in the Chronicle toolbar. If you would like to customize the type of Send operation you would like to perform, you can control-/right-click or click & hold the Send button to pop up the Send contextual menu, which provides access to all of the alternative Send types. If there is a qualifying text document open in Xcode, the ENTIRE TEXT of the selected Chronicle file will be inserted into the Xcode document, according to the type of send operation you have selected.

See also:
Types of Send Operations
The Files List

The text of a Chronicle file can be sent to the frontmost Xcode document while viewing the file in the File Editor. Sending text from the Editor allows you to have more control over what portion of the Chronicle File's text is sent to Xcode. If only a portion of the file's text is selected, only that selection will be sent to the Xcode text document. If there is no selection in the Chronicle Editor, the entire file text will be sent to the active Xcode document.

To send text from the File Editor, select the text you wish to send in the Editor (if only a selection is desired). To perform a basic Send operation (i.e. to the insertion point/selection of the frontmost Xcode text document) simply click the "Send" button in the Chronicle toolbar. If you would like to customize the type of Send operation you would like to perform, you can control-/right-click or click & hold the Send button to pop up the Send contextual menu, which provides access to all of the alternative Send types. If there is a qualifying text document open in Xcode, the appropriate text will be inserted into the file, according to the type of send operation you have selected.

See also:
Types of Send Operations
The File Editor

- Insertion Point
The text sent from Chronicle will be added to the Xcode document at the insertion point (at the cursor). If text is selected in the Xcode document, the entire selection will be replaced with the sent text.

- Beginning of File
Text sent from Chronicle will be added to the beginning of the text file, before all other text already in the document.

- End of File
The text sent from Chronicle will be appended to the end of the Xcode document, after all other existing text.

- Replacing All
Any text already in the Xcode document, regardless of the insertion point or selection, will be replaced with the contents of the Chronicle text being sent.