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<h1>Editor preferences</h1>
<p>Use the <b>Editor</b> preference panel to control the appearance of text highlighting in C/C++ editors.</p>
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<caption><b>Editor Preference Options</b></caption>
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<td><b>Smart caret positioning in identifiers</b></td>
<td>If enabled, there are additional word boundaries inside identifiers.</td>
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<td><b>Highlight matching brackets</b></td>
<td>When the cursor is beside a bracket, the matching bracket is highlighted.</td>
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<td><b>Highlight inactive code</b></td>
<td>Highlights inactive code when the cursor is positioned inside it.</td>
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<td><b>Appearance color options</b></td>
<td>Lists the items for which you can specify a color.</td>
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<td><b>Color</b></td>
<td>Specifies the color in which to display the selected item.</td>
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<td><b>Documentation tool comments</b></td>
<td>Specifies which documentation tool should be used to determine editor presentation and behaviors. This
enables editor features such as content-assist, documentation comment generation and syntax highlighting. The particular
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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