[Info-vax] Notepad++ highlighting for DCL
    VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG 
    VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG
       
    Thu Oct 31 08:47:37 EDT 2019
    
    
  
In article <qpd9pb$bpo$2 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>On 10/30/2019 3:17 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> I don't see how colored text makes writing DCL easier than black on white or
>> the reverse.
>
>Having DCL verbs in one color, comments in another color,
>string constants in a third color, etc. do make code more readable.
I refuse to read text that looks like I am eating a bowl of Fruit Loops.
It's hard on the eyes.  If text every color of the rainbow was that much
more readable, why wouldn't books, newspapers, magazines, instructions,
and eye charts be printed to look like Grateful Dead T-shirts?
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