Menu

LittleWays Expert  has an extended Menu, for creating, editing and saving LWM files. Menus market with "P" are available in LittleWays Pocket; Menus market with "E" are available in LittleWays Expert.

File E, P Open, Close, Save etc. LWM files.
  New E Creates a new LWM file.
  Open E, P Opens an existing LWM map (LWM file).
  Close E Closes current map.
  Save E Saves current map.
  Save as E Saves current map using a new name.
  Exit E, P Closes LittleWays. Using the Expert version the application asks for saving the LWM file if it has changed.
Edit    
  Edit entries E Opens an dialog for editing the current LWM file. Since Version 1.1 this menu item is only available when "compiled LWM maps" are not used. Use Tools|Core settings to turn on or off "compiled LWM maps". 
  Refresh E, P Redraws the entire map. This menu item has low priority in the pocket version of LittleWays.
  Calculate route E, P Calculates a route. This menu item is only available if a map is loaded.
View E, P The name of this menu item is "LW" in the pocket version of Little Ways.
  Toolbar E Displays or hides the toolbar. In the Pocket version this menu item is Tools|Toolbar.
  Status line E Displays or hides the status line. In the Pocket version this menu item is Tools|Status line.
  Map E, P Toggles between Source and Map mode. Source mode: Map (LWM file) is displayed as raw text. Map mode: Map is displayed.
  Full screen E Shows the entire map and stretches it if necessary. In this case the map is not displayed with the original dimensions. This mode has low priority.
  Center Lines E, P Displays two totted diagonal lines indicating the center of the map. You can use View|Center point or LW|Center point to move to the center-point of the map.
  Raster E, P Toggles the raster for the map mode. This menu item is very useful for editing LWM maps in the Expert version. You can use Extras|Map to determine the size of the raster.
  Route E, P Displays a calculated route in the map. You can calculate a route with Edit|Calculate route. The calculated route is displayed as a red line.
  Route details E, P Shows detailed information about a calculated route. These information contains the name of stations where you have to change a line and the direction where you have to go in order to reach your destination.
  Center point E, P Moves the map to the center-point. Use View|Center Lines or LW|Center Lines to display the center-point.
  Start station E, P Moves to the start station from a calculated route. Using the pocket version this is done automatically. In the expert version the whole route is displayed if possible.
  End station E, P Moves to the end station from a calculated route.
  Next station E, P Moves to the next station or corner from a calculated route.
  Previous station E, P Moves to the previous station or corner from a calculated route.
Window E Common menu for arranging, separating etc. windows.
  (no Help) E No help.
Tools E, P Configures LittleWays.
  Map E, P Map and raster settings etc.
  Map info E, P Displays information (versions, author and description) about current map.
  Calculation E, P Basic settings for calculating routes.
  Core settings E, P Using this menu item you can configure the basic behavior of LittleWays. You can setup whether using so called "compiled LWM maps". For the Pocket version this is the recommended setting because "compiled LWM maps" increases performance. In the Expert version you can only use "compiled LWM maps" if you not editing the current map using "Edit|Edit entries" menu item.
  Toolbar P Displays or hides the toolbar. In the Expert version this menu item is View|Toolbar.
  Status line P Displays or hides the status line. In the Expert version this menu item is View|Status line.
? E, P Help menu.
  Index E, P Help index. LittleWays Expert has a user and developer help.
  About LittleWays Expert E Common information about LittleWays Expert (information about the author, copyright, version, ...)
  About LittleWays Pocket P Common information about LittleWays Pocket (information about the author, copyright, version, ...)