Setting preferences for the EGL editor

To specify the EGL editor preferences, follow these steps:
  1. From the main menu, click Window > Preferences.
  2. From the navigation tree, expand EGL and click Editor.
  3. In the Preferences window, you can set or clear the following EGL editor settings:
    Show line numbers
    Displays the line numbers in the EGL file.
    Annotate errors in text
    Underlines errors in the source code, with a red line, and provides an error indicator in the vertical ruler (the left margin). The underlines and indicators are displayed when you save the file. You can hover over the underline or error indicator to see an error message.
    Annotate errors in overview ruler
    Shows a red error indicator in the overview ruler (that is, in the right margin of the editor) whenever an error is found in the source code. The indicators are displayed when you save the file. You can click the error indicator to go to the line that has the error, and you can hover over the error indicator to see the error message.
    Annotate errors as you type
    Causes the display of error indicators as you type, not only after you save the file. The specific indicators affected by this setting depend on two other settings:
    • If Annotate errors in text is set, the editor responds to a source-code error by underlining the error with a red line and by providing an error indicator in the vertical ruler (the left margin). You can hover over the underline or error indicator to see an error message.
    • If Annotate errors in overview ruler is set, the editor responds to a source-code error by showing a red error indicator in the overview ruler (that is, in the right margin). You can click the error indicator to go to the line that has the error, and you can hover over the error indicator to see the error message.
    Enable auto activation
    Clear this check box to keep the content-assist popup from showing each time you type a period after a variable name or other symbol.

    Regardless of this setting, content assist is available to you when you press Ctrl-Shift in the EGL editor.

  4. Click Apply to save the changes and remain in the Preferences window. Click OK to save the changes and exit the window.
There are other pages with additional options for the EGL editor under the EGL page in the navigation tree. To set these options, see the following topics:

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