8.2.1 Editing colored source code

Dispatch optimization coloring in a file shows only what the compiler achieved the last time you compiled the project containing the file. If you edit colored source code, the changes you make could affect the optimizations the compiler can carry out upon it the next time you compile the project.

For this reason, when View > Color Dispatch Optimizations is on and you edit a colored line, the editor resets the entire line to black. All the other lines in the file keep their color.

In this situation, you can re-color the line by doing View > Refresh. Note that once you have edited the text, the coloring information may no longer fit it, but you may still find it useful. Alternatively you may prefer to turn off coloring altogether once the coloring information for part of the file has been invalidated.

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Getting Started with Functional Developer - 31 MAR 2000