On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, I just noted that Visual Studio 2010 has changed the way C# XML doc > comments are > coloured in the editor window. In VS2008 the XML doc background colour filled > all the way to > the right. In VS2010 it now fits to the foreground text (first sample). I > much preferred the old > way, as I would set the background colour to something distinctive (green in > this case) and > it made a nice visual separator between the methods. You would see a “block > of colour” between > methods. This visual “block of separation effect” is now weakened and it all > looks jagged.
[...] > I personally think that a visual clue to separation of code blocks in large > source files is important. VB used > to have the separator line, which I quite liked, but it would abut the last > code line and look a bit ugly. You can use Regions for this purpose (highlighting areas of code). Perhaps you know about them, but just incase, like so: #region * Some component * #endregion Of course, it could be argued that having too much code in any given file is indicative of underlying flaws; but this argument may not always be legitimate. Worth thinking about though. > Greg -- silky http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature."
