Richard Crist Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 Uhm....I've looked and looked and to my dismay can not find out how to personalize my Visual Studio .NET 2003 editor. I want to change the background color, syntax colors, etc. Now don't get me wrong - I've looked at the help files. I guess it's a snake ready to bite me. :( Could someone (gently) help me with this? :rolleyes: Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
Syko10-96 Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 Perhaps... Options -> Environment -> Fonts & Colors? :) Quote
Richard Crist Posted January 11, 2005 Author Posted January 11, 2005 More embarrassment Perhaps... Options -> Environment -> Fonts & Colors? :) Yeah I looked at that and played with it. Since your reply I have gone through and made sure all my colors are what I want. Now....another embarrasing question. :) My regular text editor that I love, UltraEdit, allows me to make up to 8 lists of my own syntax word categories and color each list, by language (I can create my own "languages" - like one for the X12 data syntax I work with). Does VS editor allow me to create my own syntax list (or at least add to the existing one) and color my personal list, also? Be extra gentle. :cool: Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
Georgen Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 Let me share this with you, I had the same problem. I tried like three times in an extremely fast and crazy search and failed them all. I even thougt: "WOW VS.NET doesnt let you customize the editor".. well I'll have to live with those (I hate them) greened comments. In the end of the story I managed to change them at the fourth time or something. ho ho ;) Quote
samsmithnz Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 the first thing I do when i install VS.NET is change the underlined error color to red. It's an error, it should be RED! :p Quote Thanks Sam http://www.samsmith.co.nz
Richard Crist Posted January 31, 2005 Author Posted January 31, 2005 Not alone the first thing I do when i install VS.NET is change the underlined error color to red. It's an error' date=' it should be RED! :p[/quote'] I'm glad I'm not the only one with this struggle. :) I'm still wondering if I can make my own list of user keywords and assign a color category to them. Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
thenerd Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Wow. I never knew you could do ANY of this. Thanks for making this topic rich. Quote
Richard Crist Posted March 1, 2005 Author Posted March 1, 2005 Why can't I just get on with things? Wow. I never knew you could do ANY of this. Thanks for making this topic rich. I'm always wanting to do esoteric things that sometimes lead to coolness, other times lead to usefulness, and sometimes just lead to embarassment. :o I'm still waiting on someone to stumble on a way to make personal syntax lists in the VS .NET editor. If someone found a way I would say "Thank you" and stuff. :) Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
Administrators PlausiblyDamp Posted March 1, 2005 Administrators Posted March 1, 2005 Just found this link tells you how to add UnReal Scripting syntax support to VS.Net (download a .reg file from the page) - I assume the idea is the same for all languages. Quote Posting Guidelines FAQ Post Formatting Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. -- Albert Einstein
Richard Crist Posted March 1, 2005 Author Posted March 1, 2005 Thank you and stuff Just found this link tells you how to add UnReal Scripting syntax support to VS.Net (download a .reg file from the page) - I assume the idea is the same for all languages. You are the man. :cool: I have downloaded the VS .NET 2003 file. I will edit it and see what it does and see if I can use the technique to create my own syntax stuff. Thanks again! :) Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
Richard Crist Posted March 1, 2005 Author Posted March 1, 2005 Ah, man Just found this link tells you how to add UnReal Scripting syntax support to VS.Net (download a .reg file from the page) - I assume the idea is the same for all languages. Well....I checked out the thingy and it's an entry in the registry notifying VS .NET about additional file types. I've posted a new reply at the top level about information I FINALLY found in the VS .NET help (probably via the MSDN library). Thanks for trying on my behalf, though. :) Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
Richard Crist Posted March 1, 2005 Author Posted March 1, 2005 I'm not happy Uhm....I've looked and looked and to my dismay can not find out how to personalize my Visual Studio .NET 2003 editor. I want to change the background color, syntax colors, etc. Now don't get me wrong - I've looked at the help files. I guess it's a snake ready to bite me. :( Could someone (gently) help me with this? :rolleyes: I finally found the answer in the Visual Studio documentation - and I'm not happy. In their infinite wisdom they have decided to use the Communist approach and assume that everyone should edit the same way. See help information below: There is only one font setting for the Code Editor and it affects all editors in Visual Studio. You can change the color based on the text type (such as comments and statements). Monospace fonts appear in boldface in the Font list, and bold settings are on a per text type basis. For example, you can set Comments and Bookmarks to bold and the other text types are unaffected. The settings for text color and font type are global for all text element types, such as comments, statements, and so forth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send feedback on this topic to Microsoft © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
ThePentiumGuy Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Hilarious "Originally Posted by Microsoft Visual Studio Help Information" Quote My VB.NET Game Programming Tutorial Site (GDI+, Direct3D, Tetris [coming soon], a full RPG.... you name it!) vbprogramming.8k.com My Project (Need VB.NET Programmers) http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ResolutionRPG
Richard Crist Posted March 9, 2005 Author Posted March 9, 2005 You guys are out of control LOL :D This forum has some of the best funny moments. I'm sorry I didn't check out the random thoughts earlier. :) Quote nothing unreal exists .NET Framework Homepage ~ Visual C# Spec ~ C++/CLI Spec ~ Visual Basic .NET Spec
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