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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T13:39:16+00:00 2026-05-11T13:39:16+00:00

I just starting using VS2005 and I wish to have code highlighting in C/C++.

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I just starting using VS2005 and I wish to have code highlighting in C/C++. The VS menu Tools->Options->TextEditor->C/C++ is very poor.
I come from PHP and there the IDE’s are very friendly when is about highlighting. I didn’t expect that Visual Studio to be so poor at this kind of options.

Can you recommend me a free tool/plugin/lib in order to have code highlighting for C/C++?

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  1. 2026-05-11T13:39:16+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 1:39 pm

    It’s not free, but Visual Assist X has some really nice highlighting.

    Another (suboptimal for you) solution is to switch editors. Emacs is infinitely configurable. I believe that Eclipse CDT and NetBeans have better syntax highlighting.

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