From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: syntax highlighting Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:16:24 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87mw7qn8wn.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <43671709-e657-44d7-81c7-36aa6398706f@googlegroups.com> <87389jh93u.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416172835 29390 80.91.229.3 (16 Nov 2014 21:20:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:20:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 16 22:20:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xq7FF-0000Ey-0y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:20:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45120 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xq7FE-00043u-7b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:20:28 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 49 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:blPxnAdZTInJhHzCSy70LWtclFQ= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:208692 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100971 Archived-At: M P writes: > I would like to turn of syntax highlighting. The > screen glows in all colors of the rainbow - thats is > tiring for the eyes, Mark That is perhaps tiring for *your* eyes... I think syntax highlighting is indispensible. It makes it look more fun and it increases "seeing" as opposed to reading. Just think of the how the traffic lights work. Imagine if they instead of red, yellow and green showed the letters G, H, and S (for "go", "halt", and "stop"). Colors are emotional, text is intellectual. So colors are great for expressing what they can express, which granted is a limited scope, but a very important one nevertheless. If your eyes are bad, that sucks. I had that problem for years. Here are some tips that might work for you: * use a bright-text-on-black-background theme (less information to enter your eyes/brain) * use a projector; setup a large font * disable everything superfluous, like shiny scroll bars and such * disable all "jitter", as in the blinking cursor * don't use the mouse as you have to reset your eyes and aim to click on icons and letters * outside of the computer world, don't use shampoo (sounds silly to mention, but that really works so I have to do it), and don't drink stuff that will make you dehydrated, which is basically everything but water Good luck! -- underground experts united