Rainbow - Main Menu

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File

New Creates a new project. If the current project has been modified but not saved, you will be asked if you want to save the changes. Shortcut: Ctrl+N
Open Opens an existing project. If the current project has been modified but not saved, you will be asked if you want to save the changes. You can also open a project by dragging and dropping the project file anywhere in Rainbow's main window, except the input lists (dropping a file in an input list adds the file to the list). Shortcut: Ctrl+O.
Save Saves the current project. If the current project has not been saved yet and has no name, you will be prompted to enter a project name and location. Shortcut: Ctrl+S.
Save As Saves the current project with a new name.
Recent Settings Files Opens the project (settings file) selected in the list of most recently used projects. If the current project has been modified but not saved, you will be asked if you want to save the changes.
Clear Recent Settings Files List Removes all projects (settings file) from the list of most recently used projects.
User Preferences Opens the User Preferences dialog box where you can set user-specific options.
Exit Exits the application. If the current project has been modified but not saved, you will be asked if you want to save the changes. Shortcut: Alt+F4.

View

Input List 1 Selects the Input List 1 tab in the main window. Shortcut: Ctrl+1.
Input List 2 Selects the Input List 2 tab in the main window. Shortcut: Ctrl+2.
Input List 3 Selects the Input List 3 tab in the main window. Shortcut: Ctrl+3.
Languages And Encodings Selects the Languages and Encodings tab in the main window. Shortcut: Ctrl+4.
Other Settings Selects the Other Settings tab in the main window. Shortcut: Ctrl+5.
Log Shows or hides the Log window of Rainbow. Shortcut: F9.

Input

Add Documents Adds one or more documents to the current input list. You can also add documents by dragging and dropping them in the input list. By default you cannot have the same document more than once in the same list. If needed, you can allow it by changing the corresponding option in the User Preferences dialog box. Shortcut: Ctrl+Insert.
Remove Documents Removes the selected documents from the current input list. The actual documents remain untouched. Shortcut: Delete.
Edit Root Edits the root directory for the current input list. To use the folder where the project is saved as the root directory, leave the edit field empty. Shortcut: F2
Create New Document Creates a new document and add it to the current input list.
Open Document Opens the document currently selected using the program associated with its type by the system. Depending on the platform and your system settings, this command may be the same as opening an editor for the given document.
Open Containing Folder Opens the folder where the document currently selected is located.
Move Up Moves the selected documents upward in the list. Shortcut: Alt+Up.
Move Down Moves the selected documents downward in the list. Shortcut: Alt+Down.
Edit Document Properties Opens the Input Document Properties dialog box, where you can associate the selected documents with specific filter settings and encodings. Shortcut: Alt+Enter (and also Space when the focus is in the list)

Utilities

Open Last Output Folder Opens the folder that was indicated as the output folder for the last utility you have used. Note that not all utilities provide such information. Shortcut: Ctrl+L.
Edit / Execute Pipeline Opens the Edit / Execute Pipeline dialog box where you can manage and execute pipelines. Shortcut: Ctrl+P.
<List of Utilities> The last part of the Utilities menu is composed of all the utilities currently installed with Rainbow. See the "Utilities" page for more details.

Tools

Edit Segmentation Rules Opens the Segmentation Rules Editor (Ratel), an application that allows you to create and maintain SRX documents. This editor is also available as a standalone application.
Run Quality Check Session Opens the Quality Checker (CheckMate) and create a new session. Before starting CheckMate, a prompt asks you if you want to add all the documents currently in Input List 1 to the session. Answer Yes to add them, answer No to create an empty session.
Edit Code Finder Rules Opens the Code Finder Editor dialog box where you can use a GUI to create and maintain rules used with the code finder components utilized in several of the filters.
List Available Encodings Lists all the character set encodings available with the Java VM you are currently using.
Character Information Opens the Character Information dialog box where you can get general information about any Unicode character.
Filter Configurations Opens the Filter Configurations dialog box where you can manage all the configurations available for a given projects.
Plugins Manager Opens the Plugins Manager dialog box where you can add and remove the plugins for your installation.
Export Batch Configuration Creates a single configuration file with the current pipeline and parameters files. This file can be installed later in a different location. This type of file is used, for example, by Longhorn.
Install Batch Configuration Creates a set of local files representing the data saved in a single batch configuration file.

Help

Help Topics Opens the main help page for this application. Shortcut: F1.
How To Use Rainbow Opens the help page to get you started with this application.
Check For Updates Checks if there is an updated version of Rainbow that is available.
Send Feedback Sends an email with feedback to the development team.
Submit Bug Report Opens the page where you can submit a bug report.
Submit Feature Request Opens the page where you can submit a feature request.
Users Group Opens the Okapi Tools users group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/okapitools/) where you can discuss Okapi-related topics with other users.
About Rainbow Opens the About Rainbow dialog box where you can find version and system information.