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Getting Started
Consult is a modern text editor with the focus to to facilitate the programming of Lua programs in CC. You can always use your mouse, but of course using a keyboard is also an option if that's your thing.
As you may have guessed, you can enter code by simply typing and move the cursor with the mouse or by using the Arrow keys. Hooray! But wait, there's more!
There's advanced autocorrect!
Every time there is an opportunity to autocomplete something, a small Popup appears. (can be turned off in the system settings!)
In this Popup, you can use the Arrow keys to select what you want to complete with, or just keep typing if this is faster for you, for example.
You confirm and finish your selection and the sentence you have started with Tab! If you do not want to use any of the suggested selections, you can simply continue typing or move the cursor. (Also possible with the mouse!)
To move your cursor faster, hold down Ctrl and press the Arrow keys. (You can also use the mouse wheel!)
To use this software in general, you can simply click on the things you see, which in turn should be self-explanatory. The explanation of how to use the mouse is skipped accordingly!
To move the cursor within the Editor,
to sellect something inside a Dropdown, a button or anything else from a Popup, use your Arrow keys.
You can confirm your selection by pressing the Enter key.
Pressing F1 will take you to a short help section! Ingenious, isn't it?
To jump to the Toolbar, hold down the Alt key and press the first letter of the name of the desired Dropdown from the Toolbar.
This will bring it up at the same time.
From there, use the Left/Right Arrow keys to select its neighbours.
To select an item inside the Dropdown, use the Up/Down Arrow keys.
Again, confirm your selection with Enter.
However, if you have changed your mind and do not want to select something, just continue writing as if you were still in the Editor to close the Dropdown!
You can also press F7 to select a special character (being in upper right corner). You can select the desired symbol with the Arrow keys and confirm with Enter, or click away for the same effect.
You can adjust some things like the accent color (top/bottom bar or some widgets)!
As long as the type of the value you want matches the one you want to overwrite, it will work. Otherwise you will get a warning when restarting the software. (Functions are an exception, as they have the possibility to return a value, which in turn then again must match like described before!)
Tables don't have to be fully complete either! You only have to specify the ones you want to change.