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  • R Rohde

    I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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    Jorgen Sigvardsson
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    Rohde wrote: yellow text on deep blue background Been there, done that. I've also done the Borland "twilight" theme. + a myriad of color schemes based on a black background. Before I got glasses, I had to have black background and high contrast colors. Black on white gave me head aches I wouldn't wish upon anyone. But now that I've got glasses, black on white works perfectly now, so I'm sticking with VS.NET default (which isn't 100% default, since I've made strings dark green). If you don't have glasses, and you get head aches when using light backgrounds, you might want to pay a visit to the optician. You might be astigmatic as I am. -- Booohoo!

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      Rohde wrote: yellow text on deep blue background Been there, done that. I've also done the Borland "twilight" theme. + a myriad of color schemes based on a black background. Before I got glasses, I had to have black background and high contrast colors. Black on white gave me head aches I wouldn't wish upon anyone. But now that I've got glasses, black on white works perfectly now, so I'm sticking with VS.NET default (which isn't 100% default, since I've made strings dark green). If you don't have glasses, and you get head aches when using light backgrounds, you might want to pay a visit to the optician. You might be astigmatic as I am. -- Booohoo!

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      Jeremy Kimball
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      Hmm...wonder if that's why I get so many eyestrain headaches. I'm very slightly astigmatic (trumped by my extreme nearsight - -8.0 on the Diopter scale), and I use light backgrounds in everything. *hmm*


      Jeremy Kimball Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head)

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        Rohde wrote: yellow text on deep blue background Been there, done that. I've also done the Borland "twilight" theme. + a myriad of color schemes based on a black background. Before I got glasses, I had to have black background and high contrast colors. Black on white gave me head aches I wouldn't wish upon anyone. But now that I've got glasses, black on white works perfectly now, so I'm sticking with VS.NET default (which isn't 100% default, since I've made strings dark green). If you don't have glasses, and you get head aches when using light backgrounds, you might want to pay a visit to the optician. You might be astigmatic as I am. -- Booohoo!

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        Ian Darling
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        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: so I'm sticking with VS.NET default (which isn't 100% default, since I've made strings dark green). Ditto, but my strings are bright red :-)


        Ian Darling "A girl can't be perfect all of the time." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

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          Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: so I'm sticking with VS.NET default (which isn't 100% default, since I've made strings dark green). Ditto, but my strings are bright red :-)


          Ian Darling "A girl can't be perfect all of the time." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

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          Vikram A Punathambekar
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          > Ditto, but my strings are bright red Amen. :) I have some more customizations, like numbers in blue and operators in brown. Red strings stand out very well. Vikram.


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          • R Rohde

            I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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            QuiJohn
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            Black Background White default text Light Green comments Light Cyan keywords and operators Light Red Strings Dark Yellow Numbers And my secret weapon: Light Blue on Light Cyan Text selection :) (I can't live without that last one... no, I don't know why.)

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            • R Rohde

              I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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              Ryan Roberts
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              A nice LCD with cleartype enabled can make all the difference. I used to get eyestrain and that 'just been to the cinema' feeling after a days work on a CRT. No ill effects at all with my nice 17" 'laptop' and I can knock my programming font down to 10 points. Rya

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              • R Rohde

                I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                Christopher Duncan
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                I've always been sensitive to that. A white background is like someone shouting at you in all caps for 12 hours. I set not only my editor, but Windows in general to black text on a light grey (RGB(210, 210, 210)) background and find it much easier on the eyes. Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

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                • R Rohde

                  I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                  Anders Molin
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                  I use RGB(238, 248, 238) as the window color in Windows, so all my editors and stuff have that color, much easier on the eyes than white. VS color scheme: I change strings to dark blue and numbers to red, all the rest is default... - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" ShotKeeper, my Photo Album / Organizer Application[^]

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                  • J Jeremy Kimball

                    Hmm...wonder if that's why I get so many eyestrain headaches. I'm very slightly astigmatic (trumped by my extreme nearsight - -8.0 on the Diopter scale), and I use light backgrounds in everything. *hmm*


                    Jeremy Kimball Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head)

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                    peterchen
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                    Jeremy Kimball wrote: -8.0 on the Diopter scale Ha! Worse than me! *looks happy*


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                    • R Rohde

                      I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                      tidge
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                      use a light gray. It's easy on the eyes.

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                      • R Rohde

                        I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                        Marc Clifton
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                        I change the comment color to red, so it stands out more. The more my code bleeds, the better documented it is! :-D Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog

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                        • R Rohde

                          I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                          brianwelsch
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                          white text on dark blue background. BW The Biggest Loser


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                          • R Rohde

                            I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                            Andy Brummer
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                            I'm suprised that nobody has done blue and red on a light orange background. :)


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                            • R Rohde

                              I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                              Kannan Kalyanaraman
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                              Regular colors with strings, nos background changed to Cyan :-)

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                              • R Rohde

                                I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                                cmk
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                                All windows use Fixedsys 9 font. Editor colors : Black text on light gray background. Selection margin is also light gray. Keywords are dark blue. Comments are dark grey - so they don't stand out. Numbers and strings (constants) are dark red. Operators are dark green. User defined keywords are light blue. Assembly is dark purple. I've gotten so used to it i can't stand looking at code with any other color scheme. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                                • R Rohde

                                  I was wondering whether some of you uses a specialized colour scheme for coding (f.ex. in Visual Studio). I personally feel that the white background can be tiring for the eyes, so I was wondering if you have any good suggestions? (At the moment I'm trying out yellow text on deep blue background.) Or maybe I'm just crazy ;)

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                                  Ingenius
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                                  Hi, I use 197, 207, 156 for window color; it`s a bit odd for starting but very calming. ---------------------------- World could be better! Cornel Rebegea software developer Infodata SRL Bacau, Romania

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