Re: Colored Code

Subject: Re: Colored Code
From: TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:44:51 -0500


> Oh, the joys of having a micromanager.

Hey, no mixing threads, buddy! ;-)

> My manager wants me to use the same color highlighting
> in the documentation (and online help).
>
> I have tried fending it off on the grounds that it would be labor
> intensive to do (not to mention the extra QA work), though I also
> consider it ugly and amateur.

Um, most IDEs and advanced text editors do this so programmers can
distinguish comments from commands from strings, etc...

I wouldn't worry about "clashing" or other asthetic effects if the
point is to make the code samples easier for developers to read.

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