I'd really like to see a feature added to the syntax coloring panel that allows me to specify a list of custom keywords and a custom color in which to draw them. This is one way in which the VA X syntax coloring is still less capable than some other products, such as the CodeWarrior IDE. I know that I can create a usertype.dat file to get more keywords colored like the language keywords, but I'm using that for other stuff.
It would also be nice to be able to specify a list of words to exclude from syntax coloring. There are a lot of header files that define single letter nested class types, and every time I use a variable of the same letter, it gets colored -- can get annoying.
adding custom words has been discussed before. the main problem with this is working out how it would interact with the existing syntax highlighting rules, and which rule takes precidense.
i am happy to put in a feature request if a sensible plan can be thought up. unfortunately i cannot find the previous thread about this off hand.
when using variables if the variables are local then VA should know the difference and show them bold if you ask it to. ideally VA should be getting this right already.
1) In which directory would I put this usertype.dat file? 2) How must I format this file? 3) Is this already is in the documentation available on-line? If so, where?
My reason for coming at this is a desire to see "bitand" coloured as a keyword, rather than as "&" or other operators are coloured.
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Posted - Apr 26 2005 : 02:14:06 AM
