Setting EGL editor preferences

You can set general preferences for the EGL editor and can supplement them by clicking a hypertext link that displays preferences for Eclipse text editors.

To set the general preferences for EGL, do as follows:
  1. From the main menu, click Window > Preferences. A Preferences window is displayed.
  2. From the navigation tree, expand EGL and click Editor. An Editor pane is displayed.
  3. In the Editor pane, set or clear the following EGL editor settings:
    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.
  4. To control whether line numbers are displayed in EGL files:
    1. In the Editor pane of the Preferences window, click the Text Editors link, which takes you to the General > Editors > Text Editors menu path.
    2. Select or clear the Show line numbers check box.
  5. To save the changes and remain in the Preferences window, click Apply. To save the changes and exit the window, click OK.