Coloring Scheme Editor - Strings

Character strings are strings consisting of letters, numbers and any other characters, delimited by start and end characters. They are primarily used to color text strings (strings) in programming languages, tag attribute values in HTML, XML, etc.

Enable string coloring
Check this option if you wish to enable string coloring.

  • Single-line strings
    Check this option if you wish to enable coloring of single-line strings.

    Using the icons on the right-hand side of the window, you can add, delete and edit the characters that define the start and end of a string. A different coloring style can be defined for each pair of string characters. In most languages this is the ' (start and end) character, often also the ' character.

    Such coloring applies from the start character to the end character of the string (inclusive), whereby the string must be contained within a single line of code.

    The string can contain any characters (including the end-of-string character if the metasymbol defined on the Block tab is placed in front of it).

  • Multi-line strings
    Check this option if you wish to enable coloring of multi-line strings.

    Using the icons on the right-hand side of the window, you can add, delete and edit the characters that define the start and end of a string. A different coloring style can be defined for each pair of string characters. In most languages this is the ' (start and end) character, often also the ' character.

    Such coloring applies from the start character to the end character of the string (inclusive). The string may be contained in any number of lines of code (one or more).

    The string can contain any characters (including the end-of-string character if the metasymbol defined on the Block tab is placed in front of it).

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