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I've been experimenting with minimal highlighting using a theme I stole from jcs (mine (haskell, rust): http://imgur.com/jNgBHpn http://imgur.com/jNgBHpn, his (
by cgag 11y ago
I've been experimenting with minimal highlighting using a theme I stole from jcs (mine (haskell, rust): http://imgur.com/jNgBHpn http://imgur.com/jNgBHpn, his (c): https://i.imgur.com/PkNOjBZ.png https://i.imgur.com/PkNOjBZ.png) and I'm surprised how much I enjoy it.
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forgot to link to original post: https://lobste.rs/s/9ruzgw/screenshots_from_lobsters_users_2015/comments/e7v1d8#c_e7v1d8 https://lobste.rs/s/9ruzgw/screenshots_from_lobsters_users_2...
The dotfiles are linked in that post. It only really looks as pictured if you copy both the vim theme and the Xresources and use something that respects .Xresources like urxvt.
- startling 11y agoI think I might like to use this. Is it published anywhere?
- aerique 11y agoI prefer my highlighting to not so much highlight specific things but to partition the code into easily parse-able blocks. The default --angry fruit salad-- syntax highlighting of most editors and even other people's themes are usually too much for me. This is what I use: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aerique/emacs-theme-aerique/master/aerique-dark-theme-1.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aerique/emacs-theme-aeriqu...
- micampe 11y agoI often see language keywords and punctuation being emphasized, but I find emphasizing my own symbols more useful, since that is what defines my program, like nouns and verbs are the important parts of natural language. Reading code with emphasized punctuation makes me feel like I have the hiccups, pausing off-beat. I also think emphasizing identifiers helps to see some of the structure of the code and makes it easier to notice if I misspell something.