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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 06 2004 : 8:06:23 PM
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I just installed 1289 at home, and it broke my colors, as all the
recent versions have. I suppose I'll sit down and delete files and
Registry keys one at a time and try to narrow down where the bug is...
Here's what it is supposed to look like (in 1287):
... and here's what it looks like after installing 1289. Bear in
mind that I totally vacuumed all WT settings before installing 1287,
so whatever the bug is, it should be pretty trivial to reproduce.
Especially since it happens to me every single time I install
anymore...
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Edited by - LarryLeonard on Dec 06 2004 8:10:47 PM |
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rblondeau
Tomato Guru
Canada
102 Posts |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2004 : 4:39:53 PM
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| i presume you have black background set in the IDE only? if you can post a screen shot of your colour scheme settings i will set up the same colours here and see what happens when i upgrade from 1287 to 1289. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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tom_seddon
Tomato Guru
162 Posts |
Posted - Jan 01 2005 : 3:49:20 PM
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| I was moping over the dodgy colours in VAX on my home PC -- I have light colours on a black background, and VAX never seemed to work properly. However I found that I can change the "Text" colour (tools|options, fonts and colours section) from white on black to (254,255,255) on black, and then everything works fine. |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - Jan 01 2005 : 6:23:10 PM
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Oh my God, you're a genius! WT, are y'all taking note? This completely fixed the problem...
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dkgamez
Junior Member
10 Posts |
Posted - Jan 03 2005 : 3:28:04 PM
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I was also seeing a coloring problem after upgrading from 1287 to 1289. The problem I expereienced were incorrect color, no coloring, and even half coloring (variable names was half white and half blue etc).
tom_seddon's suggestion seems to have fixed it for me. Thanks! |
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Darren
Tomato Guru
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2005 : 10:13:12 AM
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Hey Larry,
Know any way to export your colors so I can try them?
Darren |
Edited by - Darren on Jan 09 2005 10:15:47 AM |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2005 : 1:48:52 PM
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using a colour picker program and a lot of guess work i have just set up a vaguely similar colour scheme to Larry's original screen shot on a virtual machine, using .NET 2003 and VAX 1246 running on win2k as a start point.
having now run three VAX upgrades on this to different versions, restoring a virtual machine image in between i am getting mixed results.
the first upgrade (to something like 1276) made a complete mess of the colour scheme. thinking i was onto something i restored the image and then ran the 1289 upgrade (upgrading from 1246 again). this time every thing was fine *sigh*
i then down graded 1289 to 1278 by installing over the top, but the colours are still fine.
Larry, if exporting a bunch of registry keys isn't an ideal answer can you list the colours you have applied in fonts and colours + in VAX?
some of these shades seem to be custom colours, or you are applying them via VAX, since i didn't have any luck finding them in the IDE colour list.
i presume there is some particular combination of colours that triggers this, since it is so constant for you, but my initial experiments are drawing a blank on reproducing it. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Darren
Tomato Guru
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 08:19:36 AM
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| In VC6 it was easy to export colors because they were all in one registry key. So you could export them to a .reg file and take them anywhere. VS.Net is a different story. I haven't been able to find a similar registry key - but I may have just missed it. I mentioned to support that export/import of colors would be a cool VAX feature. I'm sure it's a the bottom of a million item list. :) |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 11:47:25 AM
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See http://66.150.196.105/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2770&SearchTerms=registry,export . Here's my export of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\FontAndColors:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\FontAndColors]
"Color Palette"=hex:5c,5c,5c,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,\ 00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,\ ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\FontAndColors\\{1F987C00-E7C4-4869-8A17-23FD602268B0}]
"Colorable item format version"=dword:00000008
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\FontAndColors\\{6A3989C3-E0D4-433D-9850-59B800CF8CEC}]
"Colorable item format version"=dword:00000008
"FontName"="Tahoma Bold"
"FontPointSize"=dword:00000008
"FontCharSet"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\FontAndColors\\{A27B4E24-A735-4D1D-B8E7-9716E1E3D8E0}]
"Colorable item format version"=dword:00000008
"FontName"="Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
"FontPointSize"=dword:00000008
"FontCharSet"=dword:00000000
"Plain Text Foreground"=dword:00ffffff
"Plain Text Background"=dword:00000000
"Plain Text FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"Selected Text Foreground"=dword:0000ffff
"Selected Text Background"=dword:00ff0000
"Selected Text FontFlags"=dword:80000000
"Indicator Margin Foreground"=dword:00808000
"Indicator Margin Background"=dword:00000000
"Indicator Margin FontFlags"=dword:80000000
"Line Numbers Foreground"=dword:0000ff00
"Line Numbers Background"=dword:00000000
"Line Numbers FontFlags"=dword:80000000
"Visible White Space Foreground"=dword:005c5c5c
"Visible White Space Background"=dword:02000000
"Visible White Space FontFlags"=dword:80000000
"Brace Matching Foreground"=dword:0000ffff
"Brace Matching Background"=dword:02000000
"Brace Matching FontFlags"=dword:00000001
"Comment Foreground"=dword:00000000
"Comment Background"=dword:00808000
"Comment FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"CSS Property Value Foreground"=dword:00ffff00
"CSS Property Value Background"=dword:02000000
"CSS Property Value FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"CSS Selector Foreground"=dword:000000ff
"CSS Selector Background"=dword:02000000
"CSS Selector FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"CSS String Value Foreground"=dword:0000ff00
"CSS String Value Background"=dword:02000000
"CSS String Value FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"HTML Attribute Value Foreground"=dword:00ffff00
"HTML Attribute Value Background"=dword:02000000
"HTML Attribute Value FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"HTML Element Name Foreground"=dword:000000ff
"HTML Element Name Background"=dword:02000000
"HTML Element Name FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"HTML Operator Foreground"=dword:0000ffff
"HTML Operator Background"=dword:02000000
"HTML Operator FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"HTML String Foreground"=dword:0000ff00
"HTML String Background"=dword:02000000
"HTML String FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"HTML Tag Delimiter Foreground"=dword:00ffff00
"HTML Tag Delimiter Background"=dword:02000000
"HTML Tag Delimiter FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"Identifier Foreground"=dword:00fffffe
"Identifier Background"=dword:01000001
"Identifier FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"Keyword Foreground"=dword:00ffff00
"Keyword Background"=dword:02000000
"Keyword FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"Number Foreground"=dword:00ffff00
"Number Background"=dword:02000000
"Number FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"Operator Foreground"=dword:02000000
"Operator Background"=dword:02000000
"Operator FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"Preprocessor Keyword Foreground"=dword:00ffff00
"Preprocessor Keyword Background"=dword:02000000
"Preprocessor Keyword FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"String Foreground"=dword:0000ff00
"String Background"=dword:02000000
"String FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"User Keyword Foreground"=dword:00ffff00
"User Keyword Background"=dword:02000000
"User Keyword FontFlags"=dword:00000000
"Wizard code Foreground"=dword:0000ffff
"Wizard code Background"=dword:02000000
"Wizard code FontFlags"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\FontAndColors\\{C34C709B-C855-459E-B38C-3021F162D3B1}]
"Colorable item format version"=dword:00000008
"FontName"="Lucida Console"
"FontPointSize"=dword:00000008
"FontCharSet"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\FontAndColors\\{E7F5AF8B-4D6E-4746-89F9-159A06717D49}]
"Colorable item format version"=dword:00000008
"FontName"="Tahoma Bold"
"FontPointSize"=dword:00000008"FontCharSet"=dword:00000000
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WannabeeDeveloper
Tomato Guru
Germany
775 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 1:31:25 PM
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Wow Larry, you're using Fontsize 8?
What resolution and what Monitorsize do you use?
I'm at 1600x1200 on a 21" CRT Monitor, and 8pt Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is too small... I need 10pt size...
How do you manage that?
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 5:10:39 PM
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With my 20-400 vision, I'm using 1024x768 on a 17" monitor...
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 6:07:59 PM
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i think we have lift off 
*thinks carefully* i want to make sure i describe the steps i took correctly.
i ran VMWare, and pasted Larry's registry export into a new txt file. then i imported this into the registry using regedit.
the only change i made to the registry keys was to insert a new line, converting the last line from:
"FontPointSize"=dword:00000008"FontCharSet"=dword:00000000
to:
"FontPointSize"=dword:00000008
"FontCharSet"=dword:00000000
then i ran .NET 2003 with VAX 1246 installed, so i can test upgrading it. there was a serious lack of colours from VAX, so i quit and reloaded the IDE, which made no difference.
then i went into VAX options and disabled then enabled syntax highlighting. it was then i discovered there was syntax highlighting in the cpp file, but not really in the .h file
VAX settings are:
Classes, structures and typedefs = Bisque (from the Web tab)
Variables = Gray (from the Pallet tab, R:128 G:128 B:128)
Preprocessor macros = Plum (from the Web tab)
Methods = Pink (from the Web tab)
Apply coloring to: this is "source windows" only
Bold and Italic are both turned off.
these VAX settings were guessed at by using Larry's screen shot and a colour picker program.
first an image from the cpp file:
firstly note that the class name is coloured correctly.
secondly notice that the VERIFY macro is not coloured as a macro.
now an image from the matching header file:
here notice the broken colouring on the #define line, a classic from Larry's screen shots. also notice that the class name is not coloured.
these effects are stable, closing and reloading the IDE makes no difference.
having got this far, i have just use the IDE's fonts and colour settings to change the colour of "text" from white to R:254 G:255 B:255 on black, and suddenly the syntax highlighting works, also there is a LOT more of it!
even better, changing the colour of "text" back to "white" again in the IDE fonts and colours options reproduces the badly broken syntax highlighting.
now i have seen before and after i agree, this is very badly broken.
i will leave this system alone for now, so i can check it if Support have any questions or problems reproducing this. from experience it should be easy to reproduce. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 6:09:27 PM
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Larry, before you ask i am not raising a case just yet, this is going in via email to see if Support can reproduce it. i don't fancy trying to describe this from first principles in isolation from this thread  |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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support
Whole Tomato Software
5566 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 7:49:00 PM
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Darren
Tomato Guru
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 10:22:16 PM
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I would also think you'd need to dump the value of this key into a .reg file in order to get VAX colors set properly.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Whole Tomato\\Visual Assist X\\VANet\\Format
I may have the reg key wrong because my system is kludged with old and new VA keys. |
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Darren
Tomato Guru
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2005 : 1:21:16 PM
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Larry,
I'm having a hard time getting "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" to work in VS.Net. It doesn't show up in my Tools->Options->Fonts and Colors dialog. It's been replaced with "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono Bold". Any ideas about that?
Darren |
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WannabeeDeveloper
Tomato Guru
Germany
775 Posts |
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Darren
Tomato Guru
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2005 : 3:32:57 PM
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Yup - I finally found those. Thanks for your help. I've been using the bitstream fonts for a while with SciTe and in VS2005 but was having problems in 2003.
Darren |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2005 : 11:23:25 AM
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Just a note that VAX 1297 breaks my colors, as all new versions of VAX do, and tom_seddon's post of Jan 01 2005 3:49:20 PM fixes the problem. WT, I really think you should address this issue... it cannot be that hard to fix with a reproducible case and a known workaround.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2005 : 6:42:11 PM
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| i have just checked the case and it is at the top of the bugs to be fixed pile. not the same as a fix, but at least this is some good news. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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