Setting C/C++ hover preferences for the z Systems LPEX Editor

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You can use the Hovers preference page to enable and disable hover help when you edit C and C++ files in the z Systems® LPEX Editor.

About this task

When you hover over text, the z Systems LPEX Editor supports displaying a hover window to show you how an item is declared within your source code. For example:
Hover help: char* mystring = "this is a test string";

Procedure

To set the C/C++ hover preferences, complete the following steps:

  1. In the navigation pane of the Preferences window, double-click the LPEX Editor node to open the tree of available preference pages.
  2. Double-click the z Systems LPEX Editor node to open the tree of available preference pages.
  3. Double-click the C/C++ Parser node to open the tree of available preference pages. Then click Hovers to open the Hovers preference page.
  4. Select the Display source hover check box to have hover help appear, when possible, when you position your mouse over relevant text when editing a C or C++ file in z Systems LPEX Editor.