| No Syntax Highlighting or Coding Help [message #725763] |
Thu, 15 September 2011 17:45  |
 Daren Scot Wilson
Messages: 7
Registered: July 2011 |
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Using Eclipe Inidgo with CDT for a small C++ project. I have many years of C++ experience, but new to Eclipse, having only done a few dainty Java and RCP tutorials. Seems slick so far, and I like the cross-platform nature of it. Now I just need to get past some beginner problems...
In my first (and so far only) C++ project, with only one source file, there's no syntax highlighting. All black text on plain white background. When I type { following an 'if' statement, I expected the } to appear automatically just like in Java, but nothing happened. All the helpful coding actions in Java are absent. Eclipse is just a flat boring plain text editor!
The source file's properties shows that Eclipse knows it's a C++ source. I looked in many places for a checkbox to turn on syntax highlighting and other features, but no luck.
Then I created a new source file. It showed up with syntax highlighting. Automatic parenthesis and all that. Hooray!
Short term solution: I deleted my original source after pasting its contents into a new file. All is well.
The question remains: why did that first source file not have syntax highlighting? Bug, or did I unwittingly do something odd with it?
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