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I predict that in a few months the author will turn a toned down version of syntax highlighting back on. All the advantages he stated were the result of disrupt

I predict that in a few months the author will turn a toned down version of syntax highlighting back on. All the advantages he stated were the result of disrupting his previous practices. Doing that forces you to reconsider how you do things and end up improving your skills. But they are learned lessons, not some mysterious side affect of less color.

geocar 10y ago
That's what robertmeta did[1], but when I turned off syntax highlighting I left it off. [1]: https://www.robertmelton.com/2016/04/10/syntax-highlighting-off/ https://www.robertmelton.com/2016/04/10/syntax-highlighting-...
fmueller 10y ago
I turned off syntax highlighting several months ago and never wanted to turn it back on. Scanning the code is now as good as it was before. And understanding und structuring the code got better because I'm no longer distracted by unimportant parts of the code.