[Info-vax] Notepad++ highlighting for DCL

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-10-31, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
> 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?
>

Colour is used all over the place to enhance the display of information.

Some examples off the top of my head:

1) Have you ever done anything with 3270 displays ? The panels shown on
3270 displays use colour to good effect on text based output to enhance
the display of information.

2) Do your rocket control/telemetry systems use colour to enhance the
displays ? I know the UAV style model aircraft ground control systems do.

3) Maps are colour coded and use those colours to highlight information.

4) Magazines/books/etc do use colour to enhance the display of information,
especially in graphs and tables.

Simon.

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