Code Syntax Highlighting in Delphi 6 (to highlight syntax and ifdef blocks)

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Delphi 6 is pretty old, I know. Unfortunately there are reasons why I can't upgrade which I don't want to get into here.

My problem is that it's hard to read code. I have the Castalia plugin which helps a bit (parenthesis matching, shows blocks of if, else, end) but it doesn't highlight the syntax like other IDEs do (variables, constants, procedures, etc.) in different colors. It also doesn't show the IFDEF blocks which can be very confusing at times.

For Delphi 6 what plugins can do some or all of these features?

Chris Thornton · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-08 18:44:27Z

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CnPack will work on Delphi6, and it highlights {$whatever} symbols. http://www.cnpack.org/index.php?lang=en

answered Jul 8, 2010 at 18:44

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Daisetsu Over a year ago

Does it only highlight the {$anything} line, or all the space inbetween? The issue I'm looking to solve is that I can't tell which ifdef a block belongs to.

Chris Thornton Over a year ago

@Daisetsu - sorry, it only highlights the syntax, not the blocks. Too bad, as it does a nice job highlighting begin..end blocks, if..then.else, etc..

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