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Subject: Re: Syntax Highlighting
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:10:43 -0400
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On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Mads Toftum wrote:

> there's a very fine line between config
> highlighting and looking like a neon sign.=20

Yes. This I agree with, and it's why I always cart my .vimrc around with =
me, because I find many of the default themes to be =
eye-bleeding-inducing.

Syntax highlighting contributes to understanding, when it's done well, =
and contributes to overlooking important, but poorly color-coded, parts =
of the text when it's not done well.

We should tweak the CSS until we arrive at something that is the former =
- pointing out the different "parts of speech", but not in such a way =
that it's jarring.

--
Rich Bowen
rbowen@rcbowen.com :: @rbowen
rbowen@apache.org


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<html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
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"><br><div><div>On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Mads Toftum wrote:</div><br =
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0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">there's a =
very fine line between config<br>highlighting and looking like a neon =
sign.<span =
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><div>Yes. This I agree with, and it's why I always cart my .vimrc =
around with me, because I find many of the default themes to be =
eye-bleeding-inducing.</div><div><br></div><div>Syntax highlighting =
contributes to understanding, when it's done well, and contributes to =
overlooking important, but poorly color-coded, parts of the text when =
it's not done well.</div><div><br></div><div>We should tweak the CSS =
until we arrive at something that is the former - pointing out the =
different "parts of speech", but not in such a way that it's =
jarring.</div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true">
<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; =
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line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: =
0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; =
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auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span =
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rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inconsolata; font-style: normal; =
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auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div =
style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">--<br>Rich Bowen<br><a =
href=3D"mailto:rbowen@rcbowen.com">rbowen@rcbowen.com</a> :: =
@rbowen<br><a =
href=3D"mailto:rbowen@apache.org">rbowen@apache.org</a><br><br><br><br><br=
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