hope.I(this) = validProgrammingQuestion //This may not be valid syntax, but,
// intent(my) = ameliorate.potentially(ruffled feathers)
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Is there a way to disable the little blue rectangle that appears around a parenthesis when the cursor is near/on its counterpart?
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And if I may tack on another quick question (am unsure of how this is received around here: welcomed, tolerated, discouraged, frowned upon, despised, forbidden): what is "code folding"? I have toggled its check box in preferences, but I haven't noticed any difference.
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EDIT: To solve this question, I used the library referenced in post #4, and the strategy given in post #7
I just find that box appearing and disappearing to be distracting; and when it's just sitting there , (for me) it has a cluttering effect. I'm sensitive to sensory overload (TV commercials drive me bananas when they jump up to a higher volume), and so I find clutter to be stressful (to varying degrees). I even aggravate myself when I forget to move the cursor out of the way after clicking the spot where I want to start typing. I can see how this might seem odd to "normal" people! [this text denotes 'grin']
Thanks for the explanation of "code folding". I'm not surprised that I overlooked something obvious! I will try to get this feature going to see how I like it.
Beavis4ever:
what is "code folding"? I have toggled its check box in preferences, but I haven't noticed any difference.
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And you won't until you add some code that includes curly braces, {}. The code pictured collapses to just the first line when you click the little box on the left margin.
Beavis4ever:
Is there a way to disable the little blue rectangle that appears around a parenthesis when the cursor is near/on its counterpart?
When your programs lengthen and the matching parenthesis is off-screen it will be a big help in troubleshooting - this goes hand-in-hand with formatting via ctrl T to set indents. If you just can't stand it you can poke around in @pert's theme test. I believe I saw that setting in there somewhere (no guarantees).
Even though you can turn it off, I would recommend that you don't. Highlighting matching brackets like that is a good way to find out if you've mis-bracketed something, which is very easy to do when you're using a bunch of ifs and fors all over the place. It's very helpful for debugging.
I followed the instructions to the letter and without incident (seemingly). It did not turn out well for me. I have attached a screenshot which shows the file with the address visible in the address bar. I used Word Pad for editing, and show the line I edited. I then show your post. And finally I show the Arduino IDE that is mocking me!
The next time I have trouble debugging, I would have gone back and restored this feature... if I had actually disabled it in the first place. However, this a theoretical situation since I couldn't disable it.
OK!!! Changing the color actually did work for me... once I realized that white is #FFFFFF and not #000000 ! (I always make that mistake!!) So thanks to everyone for all the help! I'm putting this down as a win! [this text denotes 'grin']
Beavis4ever:
OK!!! Changing the color actually did work for me... once I realized that white is #FFFFFF and not #000000 ! (I always make that mistake!!) So thanks to everyone for all the help! I'm putting this down as a win! [this text denotes 'grin']
Kinda like
evanmars:
You could always change the color to match the background
Yes, exactly that. My post #9 said that your approach didn't work for me. But really, I hadn't actually done it. After I realized I'd botched it, I went back to do it right. And so in my post #11, I was trying to say that your idea was sound and that the error was mine.
It seemed (to me) that your post #12 was implying that I was trying to take credit for your solution, and so I wanted to make clear that it was all you. I had, in fact, said that it would have taken me five years to think of changing the color, but was unable to post due to a rule limiting users with < 100 posts. I did my best to interpret the subtext of your post, given that it was only two words long!
Thanks again for your help, it's such a relief not to have that friggin' rectangle dogging me whenever I get parenthetical!
BTW... [text denotes 'grin'] =