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Sometimes when passing multiple values into "format into string" to build a complicated string e.g. a chain of commands for a device, it is possible that the format specifiers may become hard to notice if they aren't all aligned in the same column. I would like to propse that when a string constant is wired to the string formatter terminal of "format into string", the format specifiers be emboldened.
For example:
SOURCE:TRIGGER %s
LINE:WITHOUT:SPEC on
ANOTHER:WITHOUT:SPEC off
SOURCE:ARB %s
SOURCE:ARB:srate %.2f
MORE:LINES 51
AND:ANOTHER:ONE %f
I am not commenting on the pros/cons of the idea. I just want to note an existing workaround. Since LV does not have the requested feature, if this is an issue for you, you can add the boldfacing manually. Select the text of the format code and use the font ring to set it to bold.