VS.NET 2003 C# code-editor tip of the day

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• Nice, but strings are always pink for me, strings should just be pink. Don't know why though ;)
  

• I usually color Numbers and Strings dark blue so that I can see numbers too. :)
  

• I always use a black background:
  
  
  
  Text = White
  
  Function Calls And Operators = Yellow (Bold)
  
  Strings = Lime
  
  Numbers = Red (Bold)
  
  
  
  ...Must be from my pascal days - I think. :)
  
  

• Frans ....
  
  
  
  I tried this in VS2005 - and din't like the super dim xml comments, so I went back in there and hit "Use Defaults" -- and in VS2005 --- I got VS2003 looks back .. LOL .. I've reported this as a bug to MS.
  

• Clearly, you also meant to change the background to the light gray on Xml Doc Tags as well. Otherwise, it just looks goofy...
  

• Matt: that's what I meant with Xml Tag ;)
  
  
  
  Wayne: ieks! TurboPascal!
  

• We always colour strings red because their use should be highlighted as they should be localized and not embedded in source files...
  

• Turbo Pascal rules! :)
  
  
  
  And you should definitly try ProFont! I use it all the time, every resolution the code is still readable. In 1024x768, in which I'm currently working in, is also still doable with ProFont.
  

• I don't like bold fonts in the editor (like you suggest for the operators). VS.NET 2003 has problems with positioning the cursor when I use Lucida Console in an 8pt bold face. Other fonts, like Courier work fine though. Pretty strange...
  

• Hey Ramon, da's lang geleje! :)
  

• Resharper applies some of its own coloring schemes to properties, methods, etc and I find the color distinctions to be very useful.
  

• I also show the numbers as red..
  
  
  
  What kind of colorschema does resharper use? something we can do without resharper?
  
  
  
  Thanks
  
  Marco
  

• Yeah if you code in c# and aren't using ReSharper... I pity you ;) Color scheme is nice... but I just looked and you can't change it in their UI. Don't know how it maps to VS colors. Will post that question to jetbrains.