What means Virtual Spaces?

In v2.14, Keil have at last implemented the context-sensitive online help in uVision:
If you click the '?' button in the top right of the window, then point to 'Virtual Spaces', it tells you,
"Avoids that the cursor jumps to column zero if you move it."

Still none the wiser?

The answer to this question should be, "Please read the manual" - but, unfortunately, this dialogue is not documented in the manual!

Anyway, what it actually does is to allow you to position the cursor beyond the end of a line (instead of jumping to the actaul end of the line); if you then type something, it will automatically insert enough tabs/spaces in front of it.
Thus you can just position the cursor anywhere on the page & start typing, without having to first tab out to the required position.

Try it!

In v2.14, Keil have at last implemented the context-sensitive online help in uVision:
If you click the '?' button in the top right of the window, then point to 'Virtual Spaces', it tells you,
"Avoids that the cursor jumps to column zero if you move it."

Still none the wiser?

The answer to this question should be, "Please read the manual" - but, unfortunately, this dialogue is not documented in the manual!

Anyway, what it actually does is to allow you to position the cursor beyond the end of a line (instead of jumping to the actaul end of the line); if you then type something, it will automatically insert enough tabs/spaces in front of it.
Thus you can just position the cursor anywhere on the page & start typing, without having to first tab out to the required position.

Try it!

Thank you for your answer. I had the v2.10, so I could not use the context-sensitive online help. I have downloaded the new version for the future.

Best regards

Karlheinz