[VS2003] Line highlighting alá Code::Blocks?

ahluka · 09-27-2006, 12:42 PM

I like the way Code::Blocks highlights the current line with a nice shade of cream and I've just investigated adding a column-80 right margin which could be done by adding a registry value (http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archi...15/257953.aspx)

Anyone know if this is possible with VS?

dwks · 09-27-2006, 02:01 PM

I don't know if it's possible, but there's a simple solution: use Code::Blocks.

Actually, strike that, I know it's possible: I once saw a configured MSVC 6.0 that highlighted the current line. Check the settings, you should be able to change it without touching the registry.

ahluka · 09-28-2006, 07:27 AM

Well I've changed the colour of every setting and looked through all the editor setting pages and nothing is there. There is "current statement" which by default is yellow background with black text, but nothing (not even while debugging) goes that colour so I haven't got a clue what that's for.

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ahluka Supermassive black hole Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 1,709	[VS2003] Line highlighting alá Code::Blocks? I like the way Code::Blocks highlights the current line with a nice shade of cream and I've just investigated adding a column-80 right margin which could be done by adding a registry value (http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archi...15/257953.aspx) Anyone know if this is possible with VS? __________________ Good class architecture is not like a Swiss Army Knife; it should be more like a well balanced throwing knife. - Mike McShaffry
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09-27-2006, 02:01 PM	#2
dwks Frequently Quite Prolix Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 7,698	I don't know if it's possible, but there's a simple solution: use Code::Blocks. Actually, strike that, I know it's possible: I once saw a configured MSVC 6.0 that highlighted the current line. Check the settings, you should be able to change it without touching the registry. __________________ dwk Seek and ye shall find. quaere et invenies. "Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it." -- Alan Perlis "Testing can only prove the presence of bugs, not their absence." -- Edsger Dijkstra "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." -- John Powell Other boards: DaniWeb, TPS Unofficial Wiki FAQ: cpwiki.sf.net My website: http://dwks.theprogrammingsite.com/ Projects: codeform, xuni, atlantis, nort, etc.
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09-28-2006, 07:27 AM	#3
ahluka Supermassive black hole Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 1,709	Well I've changed the colour of every setting and looked through all the editor setting pages and nothing is there. There is "current statement" which by default is yellow background with black text, but nothing (not even while debugging) goes that colour so I haven't got a clue what that's for. __________________ Good class architecture is not like a Swiss Army Knife; it should be more like a well balanced throwing knife. - Mike McShaffry
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