NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/lang/pascal/8417

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From: [e-mail] (Tom Swingle)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: [BP7.0] Syntax colors
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Date: 21 Jan 93 23:56:54 GMT
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Organization: Ohio University CS Dept,. Athens
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I think the most important thing with syntax highlighting is not to try to
come up with a unique combination for every different entry; it will make it
into an unreadable jumble of color.  I have a blue background, with reserved
words in white, assembler in green, comments and strings in light gray, and
everything else in yellow.  Some of the categories listed are kind of silly,
especially whitespace and numbers (IMHO, of course; I am just waiting for a
nasty flame from someone who just loves numbers in bright red on green :-).
Color highlighting for whitespace?  *Snicker*.  Sure, you can change the
background, but it seems to me that changing the background for anything
makes things totally unreadable.  Anyway, it might be enough to just
separate reserved words from everything else.  And choosing something subtle
like yellow vs. white or light gray vs. white can help if you find contrasting
colors unpleasant.

Oh well, have fun with it.  Choosing syntax colors was one of my favorite
parts of trying out the new upgrade.
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