PROS Not Working- Colors not displaying and overall it functions more like a text document than anything else

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So, this isn’t really a typical programming question, but I guess it’s still one nonetheless. So, this year I used VEXcode v5 to program our robot, but I decided to make the switch to PROS for next year. I downloaded PROS and was going to toy around with it and follow some tutorials to learn how to use it. I decided to follow the ‘Programming a Clawbot’ guide on the official PROS page when I noticed that as I was writing my code, there was no color indicating certain things (like voids, or comments, or defining motors). It looks more like a glorified text document than anything else. I attached some pictures to show my problem. I’d really appreciate any advice you guys have. 26 PM

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This is not the case for any editor that I have used PROS with. If you downloaded the atom editor along with PROS, the syntax correction and color coding should be working. If you are in Atom, check to make sure that the PROS Plugin was not disabled at the bottom of your screed. If you are not using Atom, please let us know what editor you are using.

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Thanks for the advice. I’m not using the Atom editor. I’m using the PROS editor. I’m not sure how much this additional information is relevant, but I’m on Mac right now. Our coding laptops are windows, but I’ve had the same issue on that as well.

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The PROS editor is Atom. PROS installs the atom editor along with the PROS Plugin when you install PROS. If you are sure PROS is not disabled, check to see if your editor has some options for formatting C++ code, and make sure to check that the editor understands that the language you are using is C++. You should be able to see a little button at the bottom right of your screen that says C++. If you hover over it then it should say “file uses C++ grammar.” Lastly if none of that seems to indicate why you are having this problem, try changing editor themes around. Some themes just don’t show certain color formatting based on syntax.

Edit: If you click on that button in the bottom right you can change what language it is interpreting your code as.

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I did what you described and it worked! Thanks for helping me out. I really appreciate it. I guess now it’s time for me to start learning PROS :smiley:

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Cool! Glad I could help.

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