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Styled Comments

Styled Comments

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Highlight comments in different colors within various languages with special symbols - `, ~, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, ?, TODO:
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Styled Comments

Highlight specially marked comments in different colors to make notes, warnings, TODOs, and annotations stand out while coding.

Example

✨ Features

Styled Comments applies colors only inside real comments (line comments and block comments) and supports many languages and even .txt files (#;).

Example for text files:

Example

Supported symbols

Symbol Meaning Style
? Question / uncertainty Blue
* Important note Lime green
! Warning / alert Red
@ Mention / reference Yellow
TODO: Task / reminder Bold + yellow
$ Cost / money related Purple
& Connection / related info Brown
# Tag / category Orange
% Performance / metrics Light green
~ Approximate / soft note Pink
` Code / technical detail Blue
^ Improvement / optimization Teal

🚀 Usage

Simply place one of the supported symbols at the start of a comment.

Line comments

// ? What should this function return?
// * This is really important!
// ! Warning: This might cause issues
// @ Remember to check with John
// TODO: Fix this bug
// $ This costs $50 per month
// & Related to the user authentication
// # Feature: Login system
// % Performance impact needs review
// ~ Approximately correct behavior
// ` This involves low-level code
// ^ Can be optimized later

  • Same can be done with block comments.
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