Scala Syntax Highlighting in Eclipse

Question

I'm using Eclipse & the Scala plugin to write scala code. The editor seems to have limited syntax highlighting options - for example I would like to change the formatting of variables (I like them blue) and method defs.

I know there are a few other highlighter plugins out there like EclipsesColorer, but they all seem to lose features of the Scala (or other langauges) Editor like auto complete and suggestions.

Is there any plugin or way I can modify the scala plugin to get finer control over Scala syntax coloring/formatting options?

Answer 1

Some of this is being worked on. The nightly build page has 'Semantic Highlighting' (making variables blue etc) marked as 'coming soon.

Also the current roadmap may help with when a released version on the eclipse-scala ide.

(As 'coming soon' is very date dependent then 'today' is 10/March/12 )