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Re:A curmudgeon tries a language server by kqr on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:15AM (#49450632)
> One of the basic rules of thumb in typography is that, when writing a piece of text, you should choose one typeface and stick to it. Likewise, a splash of colour may grab the reader's attention, but it will inevitably decrease the legibility of the text. The natural flow of the text is broken, and it takes more brain effort to piece together the individual letters into words and semantics. Cognitively, the reading process becomes slightly less automatic and slightly more conscious; leaving less room in the conscious part of the mind for actually understanding the text.

https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/syntaxhighlighting/

Re:A curmudgeon tries a language server by UltraSane on Thursday August 27, 2026 @12:12AM (#49459605)
He is very wrong. color coded syntax makes code MUCH easier to read.
Re:A curmudgeon tries a language server by BigTTYGothGF on Thursday August 27, 2026 @03:34PM (#49470071)
That's just a rant trying to disguise itself as objective.
Re:A curmudgeon tries a language server by DOGMATICA on Friday August 28, 2026 @04:41AM (#49476021)
Right, but... are you reading code in a way in which you need to preserve the “natural flow”? Personally I read a program (made up of discrete chunks of syntax that do things) much differently than a novel, or any piece of natural language in which you’d care about the typography.