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What's the point? My plain-text emails are already awesome.
by myst 9y ago
What's the point? My plain-text emails are already awesome.
- jhasse 9y agoSyntax highlighting for code blocks
- myst 9y agoYou may not like it, but still. If you can’t understand the code w/o syntax highlighting, you are using a wrong language.
- jhasse 9y agoI can still understand it without. It's just nicer with :)
- alkonaut 9y agoI think code is always understandable without highlighting. It's just harder. It's like text is almost always understandable without proper casing but it's harder to read. The first alternative to highlighted syntax is an IMAGE with the same code, with highlighting.
- alkonaut 9y agoImages. Formatted text. Syntax highlights in source code snippets. Html is overkill for these things, but still better at them than plaintext. Markdown strikes a good balance.
- myst 9y agoImages in emails? Are you serious?
- BrandoElFollito 9y agoThe more I read this thread, the more I think I live in a different universe. Yes, images, bold, links, colors and font sizes is what I see in all the emails I get (and send). I sometimes get the odd plaintext email and wonder why the sender was punished. I started using email in 1991. The mail today (with all the civilized elements) is infinitely better.