MAXScript Editor - Customizing Syntax Color Schemes
The Tabbed MAXScript Editor introduced in 3ds Max 2008 lets you define your own custom color schemes to highlight lexical components of the MAXScript language.
Global Definition:
Custom colors can be defined in the file MAXScript.properties which is easily accessible via the Tools > Open MAXScript. properties menu item. See MAXScript Editor - Properties File Settings for Lexer options.
Local Directory Overrides:
in the Global Options File "MXS_Editor.properties", you can create local property files called "SciTEDirectory.properties" in any directories containing MAXScript files. If you would open a MAXScript file from a directory containing such a local property file, the lexer settings in it will override the global properties.
This allows for project-specific color configurations!
Here is the shipping \Ui\MacroScripts\Macro_BakeTextures.mcr file using the default color scheme:
After saving a new "SciTEDirectory.properties" file containing the color definitions listed in the beginning of this topic to \Ui\MacroScripts\ and setting properties.directory.enable=1 in the file "MXS_Editor.properties", the same script looks like this:
Changing the property properties.directory.enable=0 and saving the "MXS_Editor.property" file to disk will change instantly the color coding back to the default color scheme in all currently opened tabs showing MAXScript files located in the \Ui\MacroScripts folder.
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