Syntax Highlighting

SannySoft Perl Editor can highlight Perl code better then ever. Highlighting depends on code elements such as:

• Reserved words (such as sub, print, while)
• Variables (names of variables)
• Strings (strings contained in " or ')
• Numbers
• Operators (and, or, eq, ne and other; construction such as s/^\s+//)
• POD documentation
• Comments (part of line after #)
• Symbols (for example names of subroutines)
• Spaces
• Lines with breakpoints
• Active lines (currently stopped on, but without breakpoint)
• Active lines with breakpoints (currently stopped on, with breakpoint)
• Unknown
• For each code element can be specified foreground and background colors and style. Colors can be specified in Settings -> Configuration -> Highlighting.

Highlighting settings saves into presets. Each preset can be saved into file and loaded from it. You can manipulate presets in the highlighting configuration tab (Settings -> Configuration -> Highlighting).