Programming colours
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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The main change I make (and encourage) in the color scheme is how string types are displayed. I use dark text and a yellow background. e.g: if( strcmp(thisStuff,"Bug Juice") ) rdir("*.*") It's very useful to keep track of unclosed (or incorrectly closed) string types. In some languages, where both single and double quotes delimit string, I may make one black text, the other dark blue or very dark red. In a language like .php, where you're often formatting strings within strings, it makes misplaces single/double quotes really stand out at a glance.
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In VS2008, C++ coding. I use a slight off-white background and the default text coloring (including VisualAssist coloring). For the font, I started using the free Adobe Source Code Pro[^] font a couple of weeks ago, and it been great so far.
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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Whatever the IDE default is. With the possible exception of the Borland TurboPascal editor 15 years I don't think I ever fiddled with coloring settings; and TP is just too far in the past for me to remember if I tinkered with it or not.
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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I pretty much use the defaults for everything, except the background. There I prefer an off white (RGB 240, 240, 255). As for the font, my favorite is ProggyCleanTTSZ at 11 point size.
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Do you have a download link to the font? It looks good but all Adobe does is link you to sites with things like "Register now" links on it.
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There's a link to sourceforge somewhere down there... http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcecodepro.adobe/[^]
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We've been through color suggestions before.
It's a matter of personal taste."The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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We've been through color suggestions before.
It's a matter of personal taste."The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I think my transitions lenses darkened when this post came up....
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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We've been through color suggestions before.
It's a matter of personal taste."The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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In VS2008, C++ coding. I use a slight off-white background and the default text coloring (including VisualAssist coloring). For the font, I started using the free Adobe Source Code Pro[^] font a couple of weeks ago, and it been great so far.
Nihil obstat
I tried it when it was released, but I didn't particularly like it. I found Consolas to be better. It's a personal preference thing. Consolas was easier on my eyes.
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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I tend to use black on white but that isnmainly because I haven't found a good other color combination that works. Every dark setting I try has some illegible combination (like text highlighted in find that is also a keyword might be invisible) and I can't be elephanted to go through the palava of changing it. Given the. Choice, though, it's black or very near black background, with a grey or yellow text. The most legible text is yellow on blue, but it's a bit much over time
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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Lloyd Atkinson wrote:
Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE?
Whatever comes as default.
Lloyd Atkinson wrote:
Oh and also, which fonts do you use?
Ditto.
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I tend to use black on white but that isnmainly because I haven't found a good other color combination that works. Every dark setting I try has some illegible combination (like text highlighted in find that is also a keyword might be invisible) and I can't be elephanted to go through the palava of changing it. Given the. Choice, though, it's black or very near black background, with a grey or yellow text. The most legible text is yellow on blue, but it's a bit much over time
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
The most legible text is yellow on blue
Is that for monitors? I remember something different for printed on paper.
BDF I often make very large prints from unexposed film, and every one of them turns out to be a picture of myself as I once dreamed I would be. -- BillWoodruff
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Your question gave me an idea. I have some coworkers that like to keep code comments to a minimum, and I like to keep them to a maximum. Maybe I should recommend that they use a white background and white text for code comments. :-\
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We've been through color suggestions before.
It's a matter of personal taste."The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
ow that hurt!
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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I'm so used to using the defaults (and those defaults always changing) that I have no idea :D I always made it a point to be able to do anything without a ton of tools. I also don't get used to custom settings because I find that it's distracting if I end up using something without those settings. I always appreciate syntax highlighting, but I honestly couldn't tell you the color or font that even my current IDE uses. If it colors it , then I'm good with it. p.s. You can change the fonts? Wow...
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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For coding I like a white background and the typical color scheme (blue keywords, etc). I have my own plain text editor I wrote ages ago and while I generally use black on white, I sometimes get in a "dark" mood. One button click and it's green text on a black background, with selections dark blue on light goldenrod. I rarely use the dark theme for more than a day, though. Changing the backcolor to Whitesmoke instead of white can also provide some eye relief. As to fonts, I prefer Lucida Console 12pt.
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
The most legible text is yellow on blue
Is that for monitors? I remember something different for printed on paper.
BDF I often make very large prints from unexposed film, and every one of them turns out to be a picture of myself as I once dreamed I would be. -- BillWoodruff
Yes, for monitors. I remember sme study back in the day testing which colors gave best results over long periods and yellow on blue won out. (this was back when 256 colors was a luxury, so different shades may be better in these days of 64k+ shades
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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Hi Lloyd, Assuming you can specify your own color preferences/scheme in NotePad+, you might experiment with the incredible on-line "related colors" generator, Color Scheme Designer, which I've mentioned, before, on 'Free Tools,' here on CP: [^]. I remain in "awe" of the knowledge of "color spaces," and human vision problems related to various forms of eye impairment, or color blindness, expressed in that site's functionality, which I consider a work of "genius." Also, in "awe," that it's, imho, a true "web application:" I have examined its underlying JavaScript code to some degree, and it appears almost all client-side, to me ... so far. I personally have switched over to using the Consolas font, from using Arial, for my programming editing font in Visual Studio. My eyes like it. best, Bill
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It's been asked by others before, but I'm going to ask again. Which colours do you use for your editor/IDE? I normally use a white background with blue as the keyword colour and green for strings, and a shade of red for integers/hex values. But I've got a new editor (Notepad++) and I've been playing around with the various default themes it comes with and I quite like some of the "darker" themes. E.G. black or dark grey background and one theme even has a pale khaki green which surprisingly looks quite good. And then I started to think, perhaps certain colours are more better for programming than others. I know that some research was done a while ago which concluded that people doing maths are generally "better" or able to remember sequences of numbers better if they are written down/displayed on screen using different colours. Any thoughts on which colours to use? I'm thinking darker colours for at least the background are less strenuous on your eyes. Edit: Oh and also, which fonts do you use? I normally use things like Courier (Sometimes I can only use Courier, particularly when working on Linux with a terminal) but sometimes fonts that are "smooth" are much more pleasing on the eye.
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I use modified versions of Zenburn everywhere - VS, Notepad++, the custom editor at work.... Font is always Consolas.
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