Mailspring/docs-atom/getting-started.md
Ben Gotow df38008c56 fix(*): Small fixes from Lake Tahoe. See Summary.
Summary:
This diff includes a few small things:

- Menu: Don't select the first item until the user taps down arrow, and allow the user to use the arrow keys to move up and down through Menu items.

- Menu: Make scroll code from MultiselectList re-usable, use in Menu. Now if you use the keys to move to an item that is offscreen it will follow.

- Popover: Tapping the button that opened popover should close it

- Make sure buttons in toolbars are at least standard height

- Re-enable Markdown processing via `grunt docs`

- A bit of initial inline documentation for crosjdoc. Need to evaluate whether this is worth doing everywhere.

- New `search-playground` package for experimenting with search and search weights.

- Swap itemClassProvider for more generic itemPropProvider

- Add crojsdoc config file

- Export React, because third party packages can't require things from our app

- [FEATURE] Bring back static file support in third party packages via `nylas://translate/IMG_20150417_124142.jpg`

- Fix invariant error with search bar

- [FEATURE] "Show Original" under Message actions

- Fix DatabaseView so that many archives at once don't cause problems

Test Plan: Run specs

Reviewers: evan

Reviewed By: evan

Differential Revision: https://review.inboxapp.com/D1426
2015-04-22 16:41:29 -07:00

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# Getting Started
Welcome to Atom! This guide provides a quick introduction so you can be
productive as quickly as possible. There are also guides which cover
[configuring], [theming], and [extending] Atom.
## The Command Palette
If there's one key-command you remember in Atom, it should be `cmd-shift-P`. You
can always press `cmd-shift-P` to bring up a list of commands (and key bindings)
that are relevant to the currently focused interface element. This is a great
way to explore the system and learn key bindings interactively. For information
about adding or changing a key binding refer to the [customizing key
bindings][key-bindings] section.
![Command Palette]
## The Basics
### Working With Files
Atom windows are scoped to a single directory on disk. If you launch Atom from
the command line via the `atom` command and don't specify a path, Atom opens a
window for the current working directory. The current window's directory will be
visible as the root of the tree view on the left, and also serve as the context
for all file-related operations.
#### Finding Files
The fastest way to find a file is to use the fuzzy finder. Press `cmd-t` and
begin typing the name of the file you're looking for. If you are looking for a
file that is already open press `cmd-b` to bring up a searchable list of open
files. If you are using Git you can use `cmd-shift-b` to search the list of
files modified and untracked in your project's repository.
You can also use the tree view to navigate to a file. To open and focus the
tree view, press `ctrl-0`. The tree view can be toggled open and closed with
`cmd-\`.
#### Adding, Moving, Deleting Files
You can add, move, and delete files and folders by right-clicking them in the
tree view and selecting the desired operation from the context menu. You can
also perform these operations from the keyboard by selecting a file or folder
and using `a` to add, `m` to move, and `delete` to delete.
### Searching
#### Find and Replace
To search within a buffer use `cmd-f`. To search the entire project use
`cmd-shift-f`.
#### Navigating By Symbols
To jump to a symbol such as a method definition, press `cmd-r`. This opens a
list of all symbols in the current file, which you can fuzzy filter similarly to
`cmd-t`.
To search for symbols across your project, use `cmd-shift-r`. First you'll need
to make sure you have `tags` (or `TAGS`) file generated for your project.
This can be done by installing [ctags](http://ctags.sourceforge.net/) and
running a command such as `ctags -R src/` from the command line in your
project's root directory. Using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/)? Just run
`brew install ctags`.
You can customize how tags are generated by creating your own `.ctags` file
in your home directory (`~/.ctags`). Here is [a good example][ctags] to start
from.
### Split Panes
You can split any editor pane horizontally or vertically by using `cmd-k right`
or `cmd-k down`. Once you have a split pane, you can move focus between them
with `cmd-k cmd-right` or `cmd-k cmd-down`. To close a pane, close all its
editors with `cmd-w`, then press `cmd-w` one more time to close the pane. You
can configure panes to auto-close when empty in the Settings view.
### Folding
You can fold blocks of code by clicking the arrows that appear when you hover
your mouse cursor over the gutter. You can also fold and unfold from the
keyboard with `alt-cmd-[` and `alt-cmd-]`. To fold everything, use
`alt-cmd-shift-{` and to unfold everything use `alt-cmd-shift-}`. You can also
fold at a specific indentation level with `cmd-k cmd-N` where N is the
indentation depth.
### Soft-Wrap
If you want to toggle soft wrap, trigger the command from the command palette.
Press `cmd-shift-P` to open the palette, then type "wrap" to find the correct
command. By default, lines will wrap based on the size of the editor. If you
prefer to wrap at a specific line length, toggle "Wrap at preferred line length"
in preferences.
## Configuration
Press `cmd-,` to open the Settings view. This is the place to change settings,
install packages, and change the theme.
For more advanced configuration see the [customization guide][customization].
[configuring]: customizing-atom.md
[theming]: creating-a-theme.md
[extending]: creating-a-package.md
[customization]: customizing-atom.md
[key-bindings]: customizing-atom.md#customizing-key-bindings
[command palette]: https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1424/1091618/ee7c3554-166a-11e3-9955-aaa61bb5509c.png
[ctags]: https://github.com/atom/symbols-view/blob/master/lib/.ctags