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Re::syntax off (2016) by LanternLight83 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:03PM (#39693179)
Both points resonate with me, but I'd push back againt the idea that colored syntax highlighting is neccessary for either. I'm thinking of the Pygments 'bw' theme[1], which denotes strings in italics, and nano-emacs[2], which also manages to do.. a lot with a little (at least aesthetically, ie. idk about code volume or corner cases).

1: https://pygments.org/styles/

2: https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs

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Re::syntax off (2016) by kstrauser on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:17PM (#39693412)
Fair points. Those both highlight syntax with type choices instead of color, so you're still getting a lot of the benefit but in black-and-white.

I think I'm personally more likely to quickly suss the difference between black text and yellow text than between regular and italics, so I wouldn't personally use that approach. I appreciate that there are choices, though!

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