Customizing source editor

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

Is anybody customizing source editor?

 

I usually just change font, right now using Source code pro, but just realized I can make comments non-italic and solve the years long annoyance with cut of last char 😉

 

Any other suggestions on small changes that can improve the source editor?

 

[dummzeuch 1515]

I usually turn on "Show tab characters" (source options) and "BRIEF cursor shapes" (display). I also change "Right Margin" to 100.

 

And today I turned off Italic for comments, thanks for that hint.

[Guest]

@Mike Torrettinni you should be prohibited from asking more than 2 questions per week, we have life ! or you can bring soft drinks with each extra question.

Also i always change the background color of the comments and strings, this will make them pop.

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

4 minutes ago, Kas Ob. said:

Also i always change the background color of the comments and strings, this will make them pop.

Wanna share a combination you are using for a while?

I just started testing different colors and not sure what will stick, right now testing different comments colors... not found the right one, yet.

[Guest]

There is not one simple type, i change these background often and mostly based on the current source i handling, but here is what i am doing right now

 

when i finish with this it will have a lot more comments and less strings after refactoring, and most likely with red background it will work too,

 

you choose what color suits you, like may be the red for the comments !

 

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

Oh, interesting.

Right now testing orange comments on cream bg to be more subtle than the code, but still pop out:

 

[Alexander Elagin 143]

I use a custom colour scheme based on the Solarized Dark from Notepad++:

 

[Stano 143]

I would like the line breaks to be displayed. But that huge beast discourages me. Can it be changed?

Edited January 10, 2021 by Stano

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

23 minutes ago, Stano said:

I would like the line breaks to be displayed. But that huge beast discourages me. Can it be changed?

Check option Show line breaks:

 

[Stano 143]

The question was: Can it be changed? I mean size of the trailing character.

Edited January 10, 2021 by Stano

[c0d3r 17]

I liked mine a lot with Ubuntu mono font:

 

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

19 minutes ago, Stano said:

The question was: Can it be changed? I mean size of the trailing character.

Oh, no, I never tried that so I have no clue how to do it, if possible.

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

1 hour ago, c0d3r said:

I liked mine a lot with Ubuntu mono font:

 

What editor is this?

[c0d3r 17]

11 minutes ago, Mike Torrettinni said:

What editor is this?

Original Delphi Editor

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

Just now, c0d3r said:

Original Delphi Editor

Oh, that is the sample, ok got it.

[dummzeuch 1515]

15 hours ago, Stano said:

The question was: Can it be changed? I mean size of the trailing character.

I think that's a side effect of fixes for this problem:

 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25295980/delphi-2006-2010-error-cannot-create-file-c-users-admin-appdata-local-temp-ed

 

E.g. if you are using my dzeditorlineendsfix tool.

 

It prevents the font file used by the editor for the line ends to be loaded. Since that is only necessary for Delphi 2006 to 2010 you may not need it any more.

[Stano 143]

I think that's a side effect of fixes for this problem:
I kind of don't understand that. It does not matter.

 

E.g. if you are using my dzeditorlineendsfix tool.
I do not use it.

 

I did an experiment and tried different fonts. The trailing character is always the same. Each time at the full height of the line. The Courier New I use is probably the highest.
It's not something I really need. I close my problem.

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

  

SourceCode Pro - No italics

BG = Cream
Current line = light greenish
numbers = red 
comments = dark gray as I want the code to stand out and keep the comments low key - after all, they should only be necessary as a last effort read 😛

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

It would be really cool to be able to quickly change color scheme, using keyboard shortcuts: Subtle comments when you want to focus on code, and stand-out comments when you want to read the comments quickly:

 

 

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

@Kas Ob. and @Lars Fosdal I see you both make sure strings stand out, why is that?

[Guest]

39 minutes ago, Mike Torrettinni said:

I see you both make sure strings stand out, why is that?

Localization or converting into constant...etc , but also strings is marker to see code, so when i am reading code i can collect images in brain on the layout code, or just strings make things more colorful. 🙂

 

Never thought about why i like them like that.

[Attila Kovacs 631]

On 1/10/2021 at 12:54 PM, Mike Torrettinni said:

years long annoyance with cut of last char

what is that?

 

btw. turning off italic for the comments also reduces the line height by 1 or 2 pixels, cool

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

Just now, Attila Kovacs said:

what is that?

You never noticed how end of comment  line is cut off in italic?

See example of characters at the end:

d looks like o

f looks like t

[Attila Kovacs 631]

No, never, but I have to admit, the first thing I do after a Delphi install is to dump every fancy skinning (and other) bpl's from it.