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Looking for documentation on code editor's color/style highlighting
Where can I find reference documentation (as opposed to, e.g., tutorials, etc.) on the meanings of the various color/style highlightings that Mathematica automatically assigns to code as one types it?
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Highlighting bracketing in Mathematica [duplicate]
I'm working with lists of lists of lists. Each box with information has a specific format like
information = {{a},{{b}},{{{c},{d}},{e,{f}}},{g}}
and so ...
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How can one define an infix operator with an arbitrary unicode character?
You can setup "UsefulFunction[a, b]" to use custom infix notation "a [LeftRightArrow] b" as follows:
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Is it possible to change the colors of the highlighted code in the Mathematica frontend?
With Format -> Edit Stylesheet... it is possible to adjust text-properties, text-colors, formatting of equations, etc of a notebook and to use this style-definitions again by installing it as ...
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Syntax Coloring for “Possible Unwanted Assignment” Issue
Apparently Mathematica's syntax coloring engine believes that the second assignment in the following code excerpt (concocted for illustration purposes only) is a "Possible Unwanted Assignment" since ...
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How to Enable Syntax Coloring of Pattern Match Variable Only (i.e. Without Coloring any Associated Pattern)?
Syntax coloring for the following function definition
foo[x_List] := ...
will color green (and italicize by default) the argument name ...
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No Syntax Highlighting of Package Functions
Lately, my installation of Mathematica has decided not to highlight any symbols loaded from packages. The picture below is a good representation of this:
where after loading both ...
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1answer
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Why are some function names red?
I need to evaluate
Needs["GraphUtilities`"]
before I can use functions such as GraphPath[]. When I do so, some functions get ...
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Syntax highlighting for your own functions
Mathematica has a useful feature that for functions and special constructs getting passed local variables (for example Minimize or ...
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Customizing syntax highlighting for private cell styles
Is there any way to set up a cell style with a particular syntax highlighting?
For example, I'd like to have a CProgram cell to write in blue the C special words.
I have done it by setting ...
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Saving a notebook as PDF, preserving syntax highlighting
Currently, one may save notebooks as PDFs from the menu by Save As... and then selecting PDF (on a Mac, I imagine it is similar on other OSs). However, the ...
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automatic coloring of function names
Usually, when I define a function and then use it later, the function name is colored in black. But every once in a while, the function color is blue, both in its definition and when I use it later. ...
