From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-05 11:16:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!pulsar.dimensional.com!dimensional.com!coop.net!newsfeed1.global.lmco.com!svlnews.lmms.lmco.com!news1.lmtas.lmco.com!not-for-mail From: Gary Scott Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 12:24:27 -0500 Organization: LM Aeronautics Message-ID: <3B1D15CB.9601210B@lmtas.lmco.com> References: <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2nks$ibd$0@dosa.alt.net> <3B177EF7.2A2470F4@facilnet.es> <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: CAA261517.lmtas.lmco.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en]C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; LMTAS} (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8182 comp.lang.awk:2783 comp.lang.clarion:21135 comp.lang.java.programmer:73780 comp.lang.pl1:778 comp.lang.vrml:3512 Date: 2001-06-05T12:24:27-05:00 List-Id: Kedit matches left/right by color. No def file for Ada, but you could easily write one. Roedy Green wrote: > > On 4 Jun 2001 19:40:29 -0500, Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry > Kilgallen) wrote or quoted : > > >> What I find so strange is something as simple as variable > >> sized/coloured {} and () to make visual balancing easier still has not > >> caught on. > > > >What makes you say it has not caught on ? > > > >Several editors do syntax coloring for Ada, and the Alpha editor also > >does it for C, C++, Fortran, HTML, Java, Pascal, Modula-2, Perl, > >Postscript, Scheme, SQL, Tcl, TeX, LaTeX and LaTeX > > I did not explain clearly. I don't just mean making all {} some > colour different from the rest of text, but to make them match > pairwise in increasing size with nesting depth, possibly also using > different shade with matching pairs the same shade. > > See http://mindprod.com/bali.html where you can see some examples of > what it might look like. > > For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in > the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html > If you don't see what you were looking for, complain! > or send your contribution for the glossary. > > -- > Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products > Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work.