# highlight FIXME etc in editor?

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [March 7, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812 "2005-03-07T07:28:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Neale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ab992/32.png) [@Neale](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Neale)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/1 "2005-03-07T07:28:45Z")

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Any chance that the editor could highlight (including in comments!):

FIXME  
CHECKME  
XXX

Any really vivid colour would do ![;-)]( "Wink")

Thanks,  
Neale.

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**Author:** ![patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@patrick](https://forum.servoy.com/u/patrick)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/2 "2005-03-07T08:20:35Z")

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and TODO…

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**Author:** ![ROCLASI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/roclasi/32/4371_2.png) [@ROCLASI](https://forum.servoy.com/u/ROCLASI)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/3 "2005-03-07T10:53:50Z")

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if you mean it to highlight automatically then here is one consideration…  
How many languages do you want it to support ?

Maybe just an option to be able to paint comments to any color you want ?

Just thinking out loud here..

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**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/4 "2005-03-07T10:58:04Z")

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Dark RED is fine i think?

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**Author:** ![ROCLASI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/roclasi/32/4371_2.png) [@ROCLASI](https://forum.servoy.com/u/ROCLASI)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/5 "2005-03-07T13:20:07Z")

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Does this mean that commented code won’t be syntax-colored anymore?  
That is one thing I really dislike about the editor that it still syntax-colors my commented code or even text with words that match objects/classes/properties.

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**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/6 "2005-03-10T16:32:04Z")

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comments are highlighted now in a different/own color  
And TODO/FIXME/CHECKME are special cases that are colored differently.

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**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/7 "2005-03-11T07:06:06Z")

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This is great guys… Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Riccardino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Riccardino](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Riccardino)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/highlight-fixme-etc-in-editor/3812/8 "2005-03-11T18:16:51Z")

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> jcompagner:  
> comments are highlighted now in a different/own color  
> And TODO/FIXME/CHECKME are special cases that are colored differently.

Very useful stuff: thanks 🙂