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Experts who write language definitions provide default typefaces for the constructs of a language. For example, in the preset mode C/C++, we have chosen to use very limited highlighting: comments are blue, strings and numbers are green, escapes and preprocessor directives are red. However, many more constructs in the C language are recognized by the language definition underlying this highlighting mode.
The idea is that you as a user may choose highlight other selections of constructs, or choose different colours and fonts than were specified as a default, without going into the fuss of editing the language definition itself. To do this, go to the highlighting styles panel and select the name of the text items you want highlighted differently, and select the new style by clicking buttons.
To change a typeface in the panel, select it in the scroll box, or type the first letters of its name, then click the buttons in the lower half of the panel to change the style, and click Apply.
The styles displayed include the styles of all languages that are currently loaded, including those in use for Edith's dialog panels. All style options you can set are straightforward, with the following exceptions:
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