Improved Editing and Display Features
Editing and display features are greatly improved in version 3.0.
• Syntax Formatting provides a vastly improved display capability, including full rich text formatting with user defined styles. Source Insight applies styles automatically based on lexical information. Syntax Formatting includes:
• Function, class, and variable declaration styles, in addition to others.
• Several rich “comment” styles.
• Styles for references to different types of symbols such as locals, parameters, globals, macros, functions, etc.
• Auto-annotations and special Syntax Decorations.
• Auto symbol name completion while you type.
• Incremental search.
• New context-sensitive Smart Rename command renames a symbol in all the appropriate contexts. You can rename local variables instantly.
• Saving a file preserves its undo and change history, and displays two-stage revision marks.
• Line number display.
• Visible page-breaks and page numbers.
• Visible right-margin.
• User defined “Work” menu.
• Improved file handling during save operations.
• Miscellaneous improvements to the UI, including:
• Better window docking.
• Customizable fonts and colors for all windows.
• Dialog box position memory.
• Multiple selection lists.
• Improved toolbars.