[squeak-dev] Getting rid of coloured code

Germán Arduino garduino at gmail.com
Sat Feb 23 23:49:18 UTC 2013


Yes I agree also with the opinion of Chris, I personally hate the
monochrome code, but is good that each one can
configure / use Squeak as prefer!

2013/2/23 Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>:
> Wow, I'm surprised -- the human eye discerns color contrast much more
> easily than patterns.  While I don't care for the standard Shout
> colors, by changing them to be more intuitive and constrasting,
> particularly for longer methods, the colors _really_ enhance the
> readability.  For example, I'm able to instantly see references to
> instVars with just a glance because they're gold (dark yellow); or
> references to self and super because they're bolded, which quickly
> tells me whether this is a "utility" method.  Further, by making
> comments a light-gray, they are just barely visible, so they're not
> cluttering the code, but still easily readable if I decide to focus on
> them for a clarification.  Kind of like simply changing eye-focus
> "reveals" different aspects of the code -- what a powerful
> "gesture"!..
>
> To each, his own.   :)
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:08 AM, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 22-02-2013, at 5:26 PM, Bob Arning <arning315 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> That's always the first change I make to a new image as well.
>>
>> Glad I'm not the only monochrome curmudgeon around here
>>
>>
>> tim
>> --
>> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>> Useful random insult:- Talks to plants on their own level.
>>
>>
>>
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