Main window

This is maketool's main window. The various parts of the main window are:

menubar

Each menu contains commands which allow you to drive maketool. The menubar can be detached from maketool by dragging the handle at the left. Each menu can be detached from maketool by selecting the dashed line at it's top.

See also File menu, Edit menu, Build menu, View menu, and Help menu.

toolbar

Each tool is a shortcut to a menu item, arranged for your convenience. The toolbar can be detached from maketool by dragging the handle at the left.

See also Again tool, Stop tool, Build All tool, Clean tool, Clear Log tool, Edit Next Error tool, Edit File Next Error tool, Print tool.

log window

This window shows the output of gmake. As shown in the example, errors and warnings are highlighted; double-clicking on an error or warning will start an editor showing you the line in the source file which caused the error or warning.

Errors and warnings are distinguished by both colors and icons. You can change the colors in the Colors pane.

The presentation of text in the log window is controlled by various options in the View menu.

status bar

Messages from maketool itself (rather than gmake) are displayed here.

progress indicator

When gmake is running, this area displays an animation of a brick wall building itself, to show you that something is happening.