Use of bold, italic, and underline for syntax highlighting can also be effective in conjunction with color/value differences. - Eben
On 8/22/07, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We should alway make sure that there is some value contrast in our > color choices so that (a) things will work in reflective mode and (b) > those with color vision deficiencies can still see important > distinctions. > > -walter > > On 8/22/07, C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/22/07, Jameson Chema Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm thinking about syntax coloring. In cases like this, it is more > important > > > to be able to see *whether* something is colored than to see what > color it > > > is. Even with no backlight, the diagonal banding would give you that > > > information; the smoothing, by reducing that banding, would be getting > in > > > the way. > > > > There's no display smoothing without the backlight. The smoothing is > > only done when color is being shown (thus the backlight is on). > > > > It might be better to use 'reversed text' and/or slightly-tinted > > backgrounds for highlighting. These should expand the number of > > different style variants which we can distinguish without needing to > > parse small differences in greylevel. > > --scott > > > > -- > > ( http://cscott.net/ ) > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > > > -- > Walter Bender > One Laptop per Child > http://laptop.org > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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