UPDATING THE DISPLAY TREATMENT OF SOURCE CODE BASED ON A REAL TIME SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS

In a computing environment, a method for treating display characteristics of input displayed via a user interface includes receiving input from a user interface, the input including at least one character, determining the scope of the input, categorizing input into at least one category, and applying at least one display treatment to the input associated with at least one category, wherein the display treatment is applied as each character is received from the user interface.