Have System.out.println() statements in a different color in eclipse?

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In Eclipse editor I want to be able to quickly see System.out.println statements from other statements. Is there a way to give them a completely different color so that I could quickly spot them when I see my code? for ex all the System.out.println statements are in all blue color?

P.S. I'm not asking how to color the output but the statement itself.

Maybe this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7091003/show-system-out-println-output-with-another-color — Jens, Aug 29 '16 at 07:41
As far as I know, the output color is different for System.out and System.err. This might help — Robert Kock, Aug 29 '16 at 07:42
@RobertKock sorry but i guess you haven't understood the question. I wanna give all the system.out.println statements that appear in my code a completely different color. — samsamara, Aug 29 '16 at 07:45
Have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30208836/ — Florian Link, Aug 29 '16 at 07:46
See this also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/746031/how-can-i-create-a-custom-eclipse-syntax-highlighter — Stephen C, Aug 29 '16 at 07:53
Can't you just search for System.out.println to have it highlighted? — Klitos Kyriacou, Aug 29 '16 at 08:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '16 at 08:39

Have System.out.println() statements in a different color in eclipse?

No, unfortunately it is not possible.

Furthermore using System.out.println() and System.err.println() together is not allways a good idea. System.err has higher priority than System.out. So the order of output will be quit confusing.

Eclipse is a highly pluginable IDE. My suggestion is to use Grep Console, so you can use some rules (regex) to color your output.

Have System.out.println() statements in a different color in eclipse?

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