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Why does NetBeans highlight text between '<' and '>' in C comments

I'm using NetBeans IDE 8.2 as my C-code editor. Any text inside C-comments between '<' and '>' characters is highlighted (see image below). Does anyone know why?

There is no highlighting in my C-code; it only happens in the comment sections.

NetBeans highlighting

Solution

  • NetBeans highlights text between <> symbols because it interprets it as a doxygen formatting. See doxygen tag info.

    For example:

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