Not much we can do about that, but it does explain the initial comment: "This file is read and written by the Qt IDE. Make changes in the same format as the original."
AFAIK, Qt has no way to preserve comments in a settings file. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > Aha! The real key was setting new color values in ~config/style/cfg, > especially for [Class]. > > However, there's a peculiarity in editing ~config/style/cfg from the jqt > Edit window: If I comment out the default values in a block such as [Class] > (and the block's header) using leading # symbols and then insert a new > block [Class] -- and even if I move the commented-out portion near the file > top, before any other block -- and insert a new block in its place, then > the commented out block simply disappears from the file after I save it and > later reopen it. > > That's a very bad behavior! > > On 17 Apr 2013 20:48:08 +1200, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In the latest version [1.0.4] I think you need to follow the following > steps to get > > syntax highlighting in the Term window (& in the Edit window). > Appropriate > > defaults should be set in later versions. > > in ~config/qtide.cfg set > > TermSyntaxHighlight=true > > > > in ~config/style.cfg > > set some appropriate colours. For example: > > > > [Edit] > > fore=0 0 0 > > back=221 252 222 > > high=240 240 232 > > > > [Term] > > fore=0 0 0 > > back=252 252 221 > > high=240 240 232 > > > > [Class] > > adverb=221 68 68 > > comment=136 136 136 italic > > conjunction=221 153 153 > > control=255 0 0 > > function=0 0 255 > > noun=0 0 255 bold > > noundef=0 0 255 > > number=160 32 240 > > string=0 0 255 > > verb=0 153 102 > > > > Now close jqt and restart. > > --- > Murray Eisenberg [email protected] > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) > University of Massachusetts 413 545-2838 (W) > 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 > Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
