SlickEdit User Guide

OPTIONS
• Update after (ms) idle - The value that you type in this field contains the idle time in milliseconds
before the List Members feature displays the list. To prevent the List Members list from being
displayed when you are typing fast, set the idle time to 300 milliseconds.
Language-Specific Color Coding Options
Color Coding is a feature that displays various portions of code in color for identification purposes. Colors
used for Color Coding are set through these options. See also Color Coding for more information.
The settings on the Color Coding options page depend on the selected language. The C/C++ Color Coding
options (Tools > Options > Languages > Application Languages > C/C++ > Color Coding) are used in
the screen shots for this section.
The Color Coding options page contains the following general options:
• Lexer name - Select the language lexer to use from the Lexer name drop-down list. This sets the
active lexer for that language.
• New - Click this button, located next to Lexer name, to prompt for a lexer name to start a new
language-specific color coding definition (see Creating Color Coding for a New Language).
• Delete - Click this button, located next to Lexer name, to remove a lexer name from the list. You
can only delete user-created lexers.
• Import - Click this button to import lexer definitions from a VLX file.
• Colors - Click this button to jump to the Tools > Options > Appearance > Colors option screen
where you can specify the colors used. Click the Back button on the Options dialog to return to the
Color Coding Language tab. See Setting Colors for Screen Elements for more information.
Other options are categorized into the following tabs:
• Tokens
• Numbers
• Strings
• Language
• Comments
• Tags
Color Coding Tokens Tab
The Tokens tab provides the capability to specify unique tokens to help you when working with your code.
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