Visual Studio "page lines" possible?
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Is it possible to print a vertical dotted line down the side of the editor window in VC++ 2005, at the point where a line of code would wrap around to the next line if printed on paper? Not a big deal, but it would be really convenient.
Thanks in advance.
To get a line you can go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/VisualStudio/8.0/Text Editor
Here you create a new value with the type REG_SZ (string). In this format:
RGB(0-255,0-255,0-255) 0-INF
The last number is position. So for a red (not 255 red, only 128) one at the 100th col we would have:
RGB(128,0,0) 100
You should call this value "Guides".
EDIT: If you want more than one line just add numbers, for example if we wanted 5 lines at 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 we would write:
RGB(128,0,0) 20 40 60 80 100
AFAIK you can't assign a color to each line.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/VisualStudio/8.0/Text Editor
Here you create a new value with the type REG_SZ (string). In this format:
RGB(0-255,0-255,0-255) 0-INF
The last number is position. So for a red (not 255 red, only 128) one at the 100th col we would have:
RGB(128,0,0) 100
You should call this value "Guides".
EDIT: If you want more than one line just add numbers, for example if we wanted 5 lines at 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 we would write:
RGB(128,0,0) 20 40 60 80 100
AFAIK you can't assign a color to each line.
Author
Wow; that's quite a hack.
Thanks for the info; you'd think MS would think to add an option in the "view" menu lol.
Rate-ups for that one!
Thanks for the info; you'd think MS would think to add an option in the "view" menu lol.
Rate-ups for that one!
WOW!Thats really useful. Can anyone tell me how to do this with Dev-C++, it would be really appreciated.
Thank You,
-Pharaoh12
Thank You,
-Pharaoh12
Quote:Original post by Pharaoh12
WOW!Thats really useful. Can anyone tell me how to do this with Dev-C++, it would be really appreciated.
Thank You,
-Pharaoh12
If Dev-Cpp doesn't support this by default, you can write an application which will draw the vertical dotted-line for you in the Dev-Cpp IDE.
This shouldn't be more then a few lines using GDI.
Quote:Original post by Pharaoh12
WOW!Thats really useful. Can anyone tell me how to do this with Dev-C++, it would be really appreciated.
Thank You,
-Pharaoh12
I just downloaded Dev-C++ 5 and you can enable such a line by going into Tools->Editor Options. You should now be in the "general" tab. Close to the lower right corner of the new window there is a little place called "Right margin" here you can enable the line, make sure to change the color to something else than the background of the editor.
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