Development Environment

Font & Colors Preferences for the Editor/Debugger

Use Font & Colors preferences to specify the font and colors used in files in the Editor/Debugger.

Font

Editor/Debugger font preferences specify the characteristics of the font used in files in the Editor/Debugger. Select Use desktop font if you want the font in the files to be the same as that specified under General - Font & Colors. If you want the font for Editor/Debugger files to be different, select Use custom font and specify the font characteristics:

• Type, for example, Lucida Console
• Style, for example, Plain
• Size in points, for example, 12 points

After you make a selection, the Sample area shows how the font will look. If you include tabs in lines of code, use a fixed width font, such as Monospaced, to align the tab positions on different lines.

You can specify different font characteristics for printing files from the Editor--see Page Setup Options for Printing.

Colors

Specify the colors used in files in the Editor/Debugger:

• Text color--The color of nonspecial text; special text uses colors specified for Syntax highlighting.
• Background color--The color of the background in the window.
• Syntax highlighting--The colors used to highlight syntax. Click Set Colors to specify them. For a description of syntax highlighting, see Syntax Highlighting and Parentheses Matching.

General Preferences for the Editor/Debugger

Display Preferences for the Editor/Debugger