How can I turn off code highlighting?

iss7gli7

By many reason I almost always turn off the highlighting of code in the QtQreator. In previous versions I just turn off plugin CppEditor.

Currently I try last version from git-repository, and there is not the CppEditor plugin in this version. Now it is probably merged with the CppTools, but if I try turn off it then many other things stop working.

Can anyone tell me how this can be done with simple actions?

sierdzio

You can try by clearing highlighter definitions. Go to Options->Text Editor->Generic Highlighter. It will show you the path where definitions are stored. Go to that location and remove them. Or add .cpp extension to the blocking list.

iss7gli7

The path with "User Highlight Definition Files" have no files.
When I tried to change the "Ignored File Templates", a save error occurs. Some kind of bug with saving.

When I tried store \A(?:[^/]*.cpp)\z after close and open window options it became \A([^/]:[^

Before storing:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IeBBzrV5qElgPUvdbn_W2wwTx75lZ-wp/view?usp=sharing
After close and open again:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EpeqUvVhQoE06NC7wVYsgLUhHniL7YPS/view?usp=sharing

It in both versions, from git and from installer. OS: Ubuntu 20.04

sierdzio

No idea then. I guess C++ highlighting is such a basic function of IDE it can't be turned off. If it was possible in the past it was probably by accident.

VRonin

@iss7gli7 said in How can I turn off code highlighting?:

When I tried store \A(?:[^/]*.cpp)\z

Might be due to invalid RegExp syntax, try \A(?:[^\/]*\.cpp)\z

iss7gli7

@VRonin
It also was spoiled to \\A\([^/]:[^\\

When I opened the first time it was like this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1epZFK0OGbFZEf1TAzV57XUzmobKUbao-/view?usp=sharing
and I done new one in the same way.

For Windows version, saving of "Ignored File Templates" also doesn't work.

And this option doesn't work for highlighting in any case, because it for some "generic highlighter" and not used for case editing cpp files.