Source Code

When you enable source code identification, KeyView format detection can identify source code files by language. For example, a file containing Python code would be detected as Python_Fmt (531) rather than ASCII_Text_Fmt (2).

The default reader for many of the source code formats is codesr. This reader filters comments from the source code but not the source code itself. Ignoring the source code is a sensible choice for many use cases. To see which formats are supported by codesr, see codesr.

If you prefer you can filter all of the text from a source code file.

To filter all text from source code files

  1. Open formats.ini and find the format that you want to configure.
  2. Change the reader from codesr to afsr.

    For example, to filter all Python source code you would change:

    531=code

    to

    531=af

  3. Save and close the configuration file.