SlickEdit User Guide

OPTIONS
o Automatic width - If selected, the width of the longest multi-line paragraph in the comment
block is used as the width for block comments. This is useful for preserving the formatting of
existing comments.
If Maximum right column is used, comment lines will be wrapped when they reach the
specified column, even if they have not reached the specified fixed width. This is useful if
coding standards mandate that text should not exceed a specified column.
o Fixed right margin - If selected, lines will break before the specified number of columns in the
Right column field has been reached.
o Preserve width on existing comments - If selected, when editing an existing comment,
SlickEdit® preserves the width of the existing comment. The width is determined by the length
of the longest multi-line paragraph. If the width of the existing comment cannot be determined,
the formatting option specified under Comment width will be used instead.
o Continue bullet list on Enter - If selected, when Enter is pressed inside a bulleted paragraph,
a new bullet will be inserted and the cursor will be placed at the text starting position.
• Javadoc - If Use hanging indent on block tag comments is selected, the second line of a block
tag comment will be automatically aligned to the first non-whitespace character after the first word
after the tag.
• Sync vertical line column - This button will make visible and move the vertical line column to
match the hard margin column (if using fixed right column margins) or the maximum right column
(if using fixed width).
Language-Specific Auto-Complete Options
These options let you configure the behavior of the Auto-Complete feature. The settings on this page
depend on the selected language. As an example, the C/C++ Auto-Complete options are shown below
(Tools > Options > Languages > Application Languages > C/C++ > Auto-Complete).
The options are described as follows:
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