<![CDATA[Free form Fortran syntax highlighting]]>Version 6.9.1 of Notepad++ introduced built-in syntax highlighting for free-format Fortran, but it does not recognise a line with a ‘C’ or ‘c’ in column 1 as a comment, only the remainder of a line after ‘!’.

Can this be fixed, or should I continue using UDL instead?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11648/free-form-fortran-syntax-highlightingRSS for NodeTue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:58 GMTMon, 18 Apr 2016 15:59:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Free form Fortran syntax highlighting on Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:03:22 GMT]]>comment line starting with a ‘c’ in column 1 is only in fixed-form FORTRAN, not in free format Fortran. Are you sure you’re using the correct highlighting scheme?

Note that Notepad++ currently use free format highlighting for files with extension “.f”.
You can add this extension to the “custom extension” of fixed format FORTRAN to change this default behavior.

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