Code colors

These are the display items for which you can modify the foreground and background colors in the "Lion code colors" tab of the personal options.

Display item	Description
Default	This item covers everything not covered by the other items, for instance it includes assignments and most punctuation marks.
Comment	Code comments.
Number	Numeric value.
Operator	Operators such as +, -, >, <=, AND, OR.
String	String literals.
Type identifier (Lion)	Value types such as Alpha, Numeric, XML etc.
Type identifier (user)	Custom value types such as a class.
Variable identifier	Variable names.
Flow control statement	These include IF/ENDIF, THEN, ELSE, LOOP/ENDLOOP, STARTCASE/ENDCASE, BREAK, CONTINUE, GOTO and EXIT.
Compound statement (not flow control)	Non flow control block statements such as INSPECT/ENDINSPECT, BEGIN_ROUTINE/END_ROUTINE, WITH/ENDWITH, STRUCTURE/END_STRUCTURE, etc.
Intrinsic function name	Lion command names.
Routine name (definition)	Name of a Routine in the routine definition, for example: DISPLAY_MAIN
Routine name (call)	Name of a Routine when being called in the code.
Method name	Name of a Method when being called in the code, for example a class instance create: Class.Create()
Property name	Name of a Property, for example the format of the today system item: today.ccyymmdd
Symbol	Label names.
Whitespace	Background colour of spaces and tabs. The foreground colour is not relevant for this item.
Keyword	Remaining Lion keywords that do not fall under any of the above items.


The foreground colour of Line numbers and Revision info along with the background colour of the editor itself, can be changed on the General tab of the personal optios.