Spire's Main Menus



Projects

New: start a new project
Open: open an existing project
Edit: change/view the currently loaded project
Save: save the current project to disk
Close: save and close the current project
Quit: quit Spire (saves the project first)

Parameters

New: start a new set of parameters
Edit: change/view the current parameters
Read file: load parameters from a document file

Commands

View project: open up the project table to view a list of successfully executed batch files
View files: open up the File Tree viewer to view files and directories on disk.
Note: View project lists files that are in the project and therefore are internal to Spire. View Files is an external file/directory browser.
Edit file: open a text file in an editor (the editor is specified on the preferences tab in the Options panel)
Plot data: plot data in a document file in Gnuplot
Close all windows: close all Spire's windows (except the main window)
Raise all windows: lift all Spire's open windows to be visible on the desktop
Change dir: explicitly change to a different working directory
Add Batch: add a new batch file to a dialog
Open Jweb: start up Jweb
Options: open the Options panel

Dialogs

Alignment, etc.: open up a window of the specified dialog

Batch files

Alignment, etc.: each menu item refers to a subdirectory in the main project directory. Each subdirectory has a submenu of all the batch files in that directory, which can be edited or executed.

Help

Project Help: URL of help pages for the batch files
Spire Help: URL of help pages for Spire