The Gild Editor is the place where you will be editing all of your Java program files. It is a simple text editor with some added features to aid you in your Java programming. These added features include syntax highlighting, automatic line indenting, and a vertical ruler-a thick, straight, vertical line located to the left of the rest of the editor-that supports functionality for adding and removing bookmarks, tasks, and breakpoints. It will also display errors and warnings.
Bookmarks Bookmarks are "shortcuts" to files. They can be accessed through the "Bookmarks" tab in the view at the very bottom of your Gild screen. When you double-click one of the bookmarks in this view, the file in which that bookmark exists will automatically be opened in an editor. You may then edit or read the file. Tasks Tasks are much like bookmarks, but with an added feature: they remind you of work that you still have to do. Tasks can be found via the "Tasks" tab at the bottom of your Gild screen. File Breakpoints are used when you are debugging your Java programs. They will be discussed in the section "Accomplishing Common Tasks>Understanding Logic Errors (Bugs)". /
Errors and Warnings These occur when there is something wrong with your source code. When an error occurs, your Java code can not be built into a Java class file, and your program will not run (covered in "Accomplishing Common Tasks>Compiling/Building" ). When warnings occur, your code can be build but problems may occur when you try to run your program. Warnings will not catch all of your code problems (in fact, they will catch very little), but they can be helpful.
The Gild Editor is used for editing Java files. It will be given a more in-depth treatment in the section "Accomplishing Common Tasks>Editing a Java File".
