On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 09:06:53PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > I'm exploring the use of libtextstyle to propose diagnostics in color. > I think it's nice looking on a terminal, but it's quite invasive on > the code. Maybe libtextstyle is overkill. I would appreciate > comments. [...]
You probably shouldn't pay too much attention to my opinion on this topic, because I'm clearly an outlier, being an insane person who deliberately turns *off* syntax highlighting while coding, but I find color output from terminal programs very distracting. They tend to clash with whatever background color I set for my terminal, and don't really help that much anyway. I rather parse through the text directly and understand exactly what's going on, rather than being distracted by garish colors splashed everywhere. I won't oppose using libtextstyle or Bison adopting color diagnostics, but if it were added I would request a way to turn it off so that it doesn't give me a headache. Thanks! (Though if it's *that* invasive on the code, if it were up to me, I'd say no. But then I'm not the one making decisions here, so *shrug*.) T -- People tell me that I'm paranoid, but they're just out to get me.
