Virtual I/O-Ports

In the IDE-mode, I/O-port-windows are created for the corresponding I/O-ports whose targets are external files and network-ports, respectively.
Using the virtual I/O-ports, the user can create only the I/O-port windows without the external files and network-ports.
When input from a virtual input-port and output to a virtual output-port are performed, their contents will be shown only on the corresponding input-port window or on the output-port window, and nothing will be done to the external files or network-ports.
In case of no-need for using external files and network-ports, and in case that some problems will occur if you use them, it is convenient to use the virtual I/O-ports.

The name for a virtual I/O-port is specified by enclosing a unique name string VIRTUALPORTNAME with square brackets "[ ]".

• Virtual I/O-Port Name Format: "[VIRTUALPORTNAME]"
  

  
  	[Examples of Virtual Input-Port Names]
  	"[testinput.scm]"
  	"[manualInput]"
  
  	[Examples of Virtual Output-Port Names]
  	"[voutput5.data]"
  	"[dataCheckWindow]"
  	"[debugData.win]"
  

• Virtual-Input Port: #<input-port:[VIRTUALPORTNAME]>
• Virtual-Output Port: #<output-port:[VIRTUALPORTNAME]>

	[Examples of Virtual-I/O-Port Names]	[the Corresponding I/O-Ports]
	"[testinput.scm]"				#<input-port:[testinput.scm]>
	"[voutput5.data]"				#<output-port:[voutput5.data]>

• Virtual-Input-Port Window: #<input-port-window:[VIRTUALPORTNAME]>
• Virtual-Output-Port Window: #<output-port-window:[VIRTUALPORTNAME]>

	[Examples of Virtual-I/O-Port]	[the Corresponding I/O-Port Windows]
	"[testinput.scm]"			#<input-port-window:[testinput.scm]>
	"[voutput5.data]"			#<output-port-window:[voutput5.data]>

In case of using a virtual-input-port, the actual input is done from the input-line on the controller, and the input string will be displayed on the corresponding input-port-window.
You can edit the string on the input-line, as the string is not input until you put an enter (newline) character.

The standard input port #<input-port:[standard]>, which is prepared by default for the standard input, is a kind of the virtual input port.
The contents input to the standard input port are only to be displayed on the standard input port window #<input-port-window:[standard]>, and have no effects to external files or network-ports.

In case of using a virtual-output-port, the actual output onto the corresponding output-port-window.

The standard output port #<output-port:[standard]>, which is prepared by default for the standard output, is a kind of the virtual output port.
The contents output to the standard output port are only to be displayed on the standard output-port-window #<output-port-window:[standard]>, and have no effects to external files or network-ports.