[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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