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12 <h1>Editor preferences</h1> |
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14 <p>Use the <b>Editor</b> preference panel to control the appearance of text highlighting in C/C++ editors.</p> |
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15 <p><img src="../images/editor_general_preferences.png" alt="Editor Preferences Dialog Box"></p> |
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18 <caption><b>Editor Preference Options</b></caption> |
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25 <td><b>Smart caret positioning in identifiers</b></td> |
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26 <td>If enabled, there are additional word boundaries inside identifiers.</td> |
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29 <td><b>Highlight matching brackets</b></td> |
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30 <td>When the cursor is beside a bracket, the matching bracket is highlighted.</td> |
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33 <td><b>Highlight inactive code</b></td> |
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34 <td>Highlights inactive code when the cursor is positioned inside it.</td> |
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37 <td><b>Appearance color options</b></td> |
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38 <td>Lists the items for which you can specify a color.</td> |
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41 <td><b>Color</b></td> |
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42 <td>Specifies the color in which to display the selected item.</td> |
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45 <td><b>Documentation tool comments</b></td> |
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46 <td>Specifies which documentation tool should be used to determine editor presentation and behaviors. This |
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47 enables editor features such as content-assist, documentation comment generation and syntax highlighting. The particular |
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48 tool selected here will be used for files that are not associated with a project, or where no project level preference has |
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