SciTE questions

[qwert]

► Which feature can I use to get rid of the "highlight matching"

► What controls the colors used for the error boxes?  (I see the setting for turning off inline errors.)

► Does anyone know of a page that offers suggested editor settings? ... and maybe shows examples?

I recently upgraded and, IMHO, some of the new defaults are getting a little wild.

Thanks for any help.

 

[BrewManNH]

#1 

# 0 turns it off

highlight.current.word=1
 

#2

 

# Display settings for inline errors on the source Jump to first is supported via autoit3wrapper only.
error.inline=1
error.jump.to.first=1
#
style.error.0=back:#F0F0F0,fore:#ff0000,xfont:Consolas,size:8.7
style.error.1=fore:#FF0000,back:#FFFF00
style.error.2=fore:#FFFFFF,back:#FF0000

[Jos]

I recently upgraded and, IMHO, some of the new defaults are getting a little wild.

 

Care to explain because I don't think I've made any recent changes?

The Highlight matching words and Inline Errors features were released in the SciTE version of June 2012.

They are both easy to switch off, but are to my humble opinion pretty nice features to speed up editing.

Jos

[qwert]

@ BrewManNH:  Thanks.  I searched my AU3 directory and found highlight.current.word in the Global.Properties ... and then searched back in the SciTE help and found this full description.  It was there but I didn't know it.  I was looking too hard in the Config settings, since that's where all the other colors are.

Add tooltips within the script for Au3Check errors and warning

error.inline=1
style.error.1=fore:#000000,back:#FFFFD0
style.error.2=fore:#000000,back:#FFD0D0
The style lines set the fore and back colours for the warning and error tooltips. These tooltips are in addition to the display in the SciTE console and are automatically removed by SciTE when the line is corrected and Au3Check rerun.

Highlight all instances of the currently selected word

highlight.current.word=1
highlight.current.word.by.style=1
highlight.current.word.autoselectword=0
highlight.current.word.wholeword=0
highlight.current.word.matchcase=0
highlight.current.word.minlength=3
highlight.current.word.colour=#00D040
indicators.alpha=63
indicators.under=1
The lines above are the default settings in the SciTEGlobal file. To disable the highlighting set the first line to 0. The next 5 lines set the requirements for SciTE to match the other instances of the selected word, while the final 3 set the colour of the additional highlighting.

Edit Instructions:

►In SciTE, open <Au3 Directory>SciTESciTEGlobal.properties

►Search for highlight.current.word ... then make change(s)

►Search for error.inline ... then make change(s)

►Save ... then Close. The changes take effect immediately.

 

@Jos: I'll offer these two points:

1.  As odd as it might seem, I really was running SciTE from about 2011.  I had never seen these two features.

2.  Maybe I make more errors than most, but imagine what a screen looks like with four or five of the dual error blocks on it.  They're visually "jarring" (equivalent to a loud buzzer going off) ... and they really disrupt the flow of the code.  I prefer it to tell me the line number and a short description ... IOW, like it used to be.

I guess we all have our ways ... which is why you've made it so configurable.  I mentioned this before: it's one of the two or three best pieces of software I've ever used.  My quest for these adjustments to the settings is only to keep it "best" for me.

Thanks for asking about this.

[Jos]

@Jos: I'll offer these two points:

1.  As odd as it might seem, I really was running SciTE from about 2011.  I had never seen these two features.

2.  Maybe I make more errors than most, but imagine what a screen looks like with four or five of the dual error blocks on it.  They're visually "jarring" (equivalent to a loud buzzer going off) ... and they really disrupt the flow of the code.  I prefer it to tell me the line number and a short description ... IOW, like it used to be.

I guess we all have our ways ... which is why you've made it so configurable.  I mentioned this before: it's one of the two or three best pieces of software I've ever used.  My quest for these adjustments to the settings is only to keep it "best" for me.

Thanks for asking about this.

I will have a look to see to add the Word matching settings also to SciTEConfig so they are easier to configure.

The Inline error thing could be overwhelming in the beginning but it does automatically jump to the first error and is easy to work your way through them by pressing F4.

Cheers

jos

[qwert]

Here's an example of how I've configured the features.  I use Segoe UI SemiBold.  I'll see how the lightened error boxes work out for me.

Thanks again for the help on this.

[Melba23]

qwert,

I have added the "inline error" colours and the "word selection" options and colour to SciTEConfig and sent the resulting script to Jos. If he likes it you might get to see these new configuration options in the next release.

M23

[qwert]

That's good to hear.  And I'll try to do better at keeping up with changes!