Niki TonskyOct 15
About syntax highlighting https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/
I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong

Applying human ergonomics and design principles to syntax highlighting

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Show threadOriel Jutty 

@nikitonsky

Next, let’s tone down punctuation

And now you've lost me. "Toning down" means lowering contrast means making it harder to read. Why would I want any part of the code to be hard to read?

Oct 15 at 7:53pmWeb
Show threadNiki TonskyOct 15
@barubary for me, it puts text and punctuation almost on different planes. Helps me read names easier, stuff like parentheses and commas don’t stick to them. Easier to see where words start and end
Show threadOriel Jutty Oct 15
@nikitonsky Easier to confuse ( and {, or , and ., or ; and :, or >= and =>. If you find it hard to visually separate letters/words and punctuation, may I suggest giving them different colors? 😈
Show threadNiki TonskyOct 16
@barubary there’s not a lot of cases in practice where someone puts `,` in place of `.`
Show threadOriel Jutty Oct 16
@nikitonsky Unwarranted generalization, I think. Just the other day I found a line were someone had typed , instead of ; in Real Code™. And I have definitely seen () vs {} mixups.