Alternate row colours

[Simicro]

Hi,

I am considering to buy Zeus for Pascal code editing.

I would like to know if the program can display alternate row colours as shown below (white, light grey, white, light grey...).

And can I customize Zeus to display Pascal statements in green and punctuation in red.

[jussij]

I am considering to buy Zeus for Pascal code editing.

If you find Zeus not supporting Pascal or have suggestions on how to make it better please post a comment to the forum.

I would like to know if the program can display alternate row colours as shown below

Unfortunately at this time this is not possible

But your mock up looks very nice so I will see if this feature can get added to an up coming Zeus release.

And can I customize Zeus to display Pascal statements in green and punctuation in red

Yes this is possible.

The way the Pascal code is displayed in Zeus is controlled by the Pascal document type.

To change the document type you would do the followig:

1) Use the Options, Document Types menu to edit the Pascal document type.

2) Edit the Keywords section.

3) In the Coloring section change the colors to suit.

IMPORTANT: I noticed the default Pascal document type provided by the Zeus installer is not very good

So as a better option I would save the following code to a c:\temp\pascal.zki file and then use the Import button found in the Keywords section to fix up the document type.

You can also edit this file before import if you find any missing keywords.

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;
; Zeus Keyword Information File
; =========================================
;
; NOTE: To correctly import this file make sure it has a .zki file
;       extension.
;

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CommentStart01=(*
CommentEnd01=*)
NestsComments01=No
LineComment01=//
CommentStart02={
CommentEnd02=}
NestsComments02=No
LineComment02=
Delimiters=,()[]-+*%/=~!&|<>?:;()
DelimitKeywords=No
IgnoreCase=Yes
Literal=
ManageComments=No
Numbers=(0x*[0-9A-Fa-f]+[Hh]*)|([0-9]+(L*))
Preprocessor=
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TripleQuotes=No

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I will fix up the installer at this end as well.

Cheers Jussi

[jussij]

I did some more playing with Zeus and Pascal and I noticed there are a few things missing from the default Zeus Pascal configuration

After importing the keywords from above there are two more changes that can be made:

1) Download a new xFolder.dll file from this location and copy it into the Zeus install folder. This change will enable Pascal code folding.

2) In the Templates section of the Document Type set the Brace Prefix String to begin and the Brace Postfix String to end. This change will enable smart indenting.

Cheers Jussi

[Simicro]

Hi jussij,

Thanks for your answer and all your explanations and tips.

I currently own UltraEdit, NoteTab Pro, and Boxer for various usages but none of these editors have the alternate row colours feature.

So if one day that feature is implemented in Zeus, I will buy your software. I'l come back from time to time to check what's new.

Thanks.

[jussij]

The current beta version has the ability to have alternate row colours: http://www.zeusedit.com/z300/zeus-beta.zip

Cheers Jussi

[wraith808]

The current beta version has the ability to have alternate row colours: http://www.zeusedit.com/z300/zeus-beta.zip

Cheers Jussi

Is this in the current release version? And is it documented anywhere?

[jussij]

Is this in the current release version?

No. All the beta releases share the same zeus-beta.zip file name, which means the link generally points to a file that is close to the current version, but it will never be the current version.

But that beta file could also be newer than the current version.

And is it documented anywhere?

All the Zeus releases are announed here: http://www.zeusedit.com/zforum/viewforum.php?f=6

From the dates on the annoncements page and the post that announces the beta you can determine if the beta is older or never than the current version.

So in this case you will notice there is a very new Zeus 3.97q release meaning currently all the beta links are older thean the latest release.

Cheers Jussi

[wraith808]

I mean, is the ability to alternate line colors in the current released version? Was this feature ever integrated into the mainline releases?

I searched the announcement section and didn't see it in any of the release notes. It's one of the major things I miss from my visual studio (silly I know), but I have an extension that does just this.

[jussij]

I mean, is the ability to alternate line colors in the current released version?

Yes it is. Use the Options, Document Types menu to edit the document type and in the Coloring section set the color for the Plain Text (Alt) category (at the bottom).

Cheers Jussi

[wraith808]

Wow... that's great! Thanks!