- run PEAR
- if the protocol source is (going to be) tagged, you sholud select
the validation rule system defining the appropriate tag set
- press the open button,
a file chooser dialog will be displayed:
- browse to the path of the protocol source
- if you wish to create a new source, type
the name of the file to be created, otherwise select
the file to be opened
- press the open button of the dialog
note: the file will not be created until you save it.
- if the file has not just been created,
switch to the source editing mode by pressing the related
button
- type the source code in the text area
- if you wish to check your code's syntax, press
the select first error button
- a syntax-check may produce warnings:
note: the window title displays the number of warning
generated by the parser.
- when you finished to edit the protocol source, switch
to the source displaying mode by pressing the previous button:
- a syntax-check is performed
- if any error is found, the error window is displayed letting you
locate the error
- once you edit a protocol source the save
button is enabled, press it to save the source to
disk
note: if you try to close a modified source you will be
warned.