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1	+	This is part of the online help for the IDE. \
2	+	It describes the section: "Editor" / "Markup and Matches". You can open the described dialog in your IDE via:\
3	+	*The menu: "Tools" =\> "Options" / Editor options ...
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5	+	- The source-editor pop-up menu: "Editor properties ...
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7	+	Navigation\
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9	+	- [[IDE Window: Editor Options\|Editor Options]] Overview of all Editor Options
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13	+	- [[IDE Window: IDE Options Dialog\|IDE Options]] Overview of all options for the IDE
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17	+	# Markup and Matches
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19	+	### Current Word
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21	+	There are a couple of options to control the current-word-markup feature. They are on the "Automatic feature" page of the editor option (plus color settings on the color page)
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23	+	Note: If you have a block selected, the selected block will be used as term to highlight, rather than the word under caret. Some settings are only for block, others only for current-word
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25	+	1\) You can change the time after which highlighting kicks in. You can also disable the Timer completely, in which case you can still toggle Highlighting by Keyboard
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27	+	2\) Toggle by Keyboard (default Alt-M) You can toggle the highlight to any chosen word, or selection by pressing Alt-M while at the word, or while having selected the desired block. Pressing Alt-M again will set the "fixed" word to the word at your new location. To untoggle, press Alt-M twice at the same location (The exact behaviour is: If your current selected block, or (if no block selected) the current word under cursor is the same term as the word you toggled-fixed, this will clear the fixed word. Otherwise the fixed word will be set)
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29	+	3\) You can ignore Keywords. This is a hardcoded list of Keywords, and will ignore them even if they are used in a context where they would not be seen as Keyword. The list comes from the highlighter, so this only works together with the highlighter.
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31	+	4\) for current-word only: You can choose to only highlight exact matches(match word boundaries) instead of any occurrence including occurrences in other words. By Default this applies to words shorter than 3 chars.
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33	+	For example: Set option to true and field to 3.
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35	+	If the word at caret is the 3 letter word 'laz' then all 'laz' will be marked, but not 'lazarus' or 'blaz'.
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37	+	If the word at caret is the 4 letter word 'laza' then all words including 'laza' will be marked, such as 'lazarus'.
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39	+	5\) blocks only: by default leading/trailing spaces are ignored/stripped from the search term
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41	+	To disable the feature completely: Set all colors (FG,. BG and Frame) to default (check the tickbox); make sure no Styles (bold, italic) are selected.
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43	+	This will be recognized, and the Editor is clever enough and will not even trigger the search for other words.
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45	+	### Bracket Highlight
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47	+	If the cursor is behind or in front of a bracket, highlight matching bracket
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49	+	### Extended Pascal Keywords
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51	+	---
52	+	From the Free Pascal wiki, page "IDE Window: Editor Options Markup", as it stood on 2021-01-30 after a change by FTurtle, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).

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