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I'm not sure how to do all of that, but the bit about reducing the dynamic range resonates. I think syntax highlighting should exist to highlight three categori
by akkartik 14y ago
I'm not sure how to do all of that, but the bit about reducing the dynamic range resonates. I think syntax highlighting should exist to highlight three categories of syntax:
a) comments. What is never run?
b) literals. What is just plain data?
c) punctuation -- mostly so it can be deemphasized.
Sample of my minimalist 'scheme': http://imgur.com/NrrS9.png http://imgur.com/NrrS9.png
- daralthus 14y agoI think different colors/shades for different types and highlighting profiling data for functions could be useful also.
- akkartik 14y agoFunny you should mention profiling; I was just reading http://blog.golang.org/2011/06/profiling-go-programs.html http://blog.golang.org/2011/06/profiling-go-programs.html today. The Go profiler seems extremely impressive.
- mhd 14y agoWhich brings us almost full-circle to early monochromatic highlighting, where you didn't have many options besides adding bold and italic to the mix.
- danbee 14y agoYour scheme reminds me of CGA colour palettes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter