Slick V3.3 manual String Editing, Comment Wrapping, Doxygen Format

String Editing

Doxygen Format

To use a Doxygen comment format, select the start characters /*! or //! (based on your preference) and the \param style. Using the following code sample:

/*![CURSOR_HERE]*/

int setDimensions(int length, int width, int height) {

...

}

Pressing Enter at the "cursor here" location results in the following automatic completion:

/*!

*[CURSOR_HERE]

*\param length

*\param width

*\param height

*\return int

*/

int setDimensions(int length, int width, int height) {

...

}

String Editing

When the cursor is inside of a string, if you press Enter to split the line, SlickEdit® Core can automatically align the string with the original string as well as insert the closing and opening quotes and, if necessary, operators. To set this option, click Format → Comment Setup (comment_setup command). The Exten- sion Options dialog is displayed, open to the Comments Tab. Select the extension you wish to affect from the Extension drop-down list, then select Split strings on Enter.

Comment Wrapping

Comments can be set to automatically wrap to the next line as you type. This feature is available for C, C++, C#, Java, and Slick-C®files.

To activate comment wrapping, from the main menu, click Window → Preferences, expand SlickEdit and click General, then double-click the File Extension Setup setting. Select the extension you want to affect from the Extension drop-down list, then select the Comment Wrap tab. Check the option Enable comment wrap, then select the type of comments you want wrapped (block comments, line comments, and/or doc comments).

The Comment Wrap tab also provides options to control how comments are wrapped. There are three

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