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Bug 196999 - More on better syntax highlighting.
Summary: More on better syntax highlighting.
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Editor (show other bugs)
Version: 7.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: Dusan Balek
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Reported: 2011-03-23 10:04 UTC by aybiss
Modified: 2012-11-29 16:59 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description aybiss 2011-03-23 10:04:05 UTC 
Just an idea, but what would be awesomely cool would be if the IDE could tell between commented out lines and actual comments. Then real comments could be in a more visible colour and commented out code in a less visible colour (like the light grey it already is).

Normally, proper comments are either javadoc style comments or the comment markers are followed by a space. Commented out lines usually follow directly after the markers. Like so:

// This is important information
//this.isJustOldCode();

People who don't use this standard would soon find it useful, I'm sure.

Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta 2 (Build 201102140001)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_24
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 19.1-b02