Can I have differently colored comments in Visual C++ 2010?
c++, comments, syntax-highlighting, visual-studio-2010
Solution
From what I found in my version of Visual Studio 2010:
Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors
Then:
- Comment is for `//` and `/* */`
- Documentation comment (or XML documentation comment) is for `///`
The others comment options seems to be useless for C++
Problem
In the past I have used Notepad++, which enables me to have different colors for comments depending on how I write them e.g.: ``` // Two backspaces = first color /// Three backspaces = second color /* Multi-line comment = third color */ ``` I find this very useful for differentiating between different types of comments e.g. code comments, documentation, file organisation comments, etc. Does anyone know of a way to achieve this in Visual C++ 2010? I had managed to (partially) do it in VS2005 somehow, but it was a workaround and I've forgotten the trick, and can't seem to find the answer again on Google.