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Article #14869Re: re:new to java
From: Paul Franks
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 00:00
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In article <01bed450$cb47b8e0$LocalHost@gjxwxsqy>, Heatherdale@fsbdial.co.uk says... > also i've placed two icon's on the speed menu that display > syntax highlighting 1 for c++ and the other for java and when you click the > java one with a java file open the syntax highlites, selecting the c++ icon > de-selects highlighting unless you have a c/c++ file open...how does it > distinguish between c++ and java ? tell me is java wrote in the same > language as c or and c++ or have i interpreted this wrong?. > Steve has provided a great response to most of your questions. The syntax highlighting tool... I would suggest it simply has a list of known keywords. Java and C++ share many keywords and syntax, even though they work rather differently. However, your utility can't tell the difference - it would still highlight relevant constricts if you unleashed it on a copy of Darth Vader's autobiography<g> -- pf
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f74b3,588411eb9ab698b4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf74b3,public From: supportinfo@inprise.com (Paul Franks) Subject: Re: re:new to java Date: 1999/07/24 Message-ID: <MPG.1202ce943b71740e989c60@forums.inprise.com> X-Deja-AN: 504586412 References: <01bed450$cb47b8e0$LocalHost@gjxwxsqy> Organization: TeamB Newsgroups: borland.public.jbuilder.java.language