Automatic Text Styling Features
Mathematica uses its knowledge of the symbolic structure of your input to display it with semantics-directed syntax coloring and other forms of styling. You can use options to control the details of this behavior, either programmatically or through the
Preferences dialog.
— set details of syntax coloring
ShowAutoStyles — whether to display syntax coloring and other automatic styling
— formatting of numbers (digit blocks, default precision, etc.)
AutoMultiplicationSymbol — whether to display
× for number multiplication
ShowStringCharacters — whether to display quotes around strings
ShowSpecialCharacters — whether to turn
\[...] sequences into special characters
InputAliases — definitions for arbitrary
Esc aliases
InputAutoReplacements — automatic character sequence replacements to do
AutoItalicWords — words to automatically make italic
SingleLetterItalics — whether to make single-letter mathematical variables italic
AutoIndent — whether to add an indent after a newline is entered
DelimiterFlashTime — how long to flash matching delimiters
ShowCursorTracker — whether to display a real-time spot when if the cursor jumps