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| Date | Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:52:25 +1100 |
| Subject | Re: Highlighting program variables instead of keywords? |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote: >> The only use I can see for this is to track the usage of a particular name, >> but that would be better done by just highlighting one name at a time. > > In SciTE, I can put the cursor on a word and hit Ctrl-F3 to find other > instances of that word. If that's not enough, following it up with > Ctrl-Home, F3 will find the first instance of it, and if the program > follows the Define-Before-Use principle, that'll be the definition. > That's usually enough. > > ChrisA That said, though, I grew up without syntax highlighting of any sort, and didn't think it particularly important; but now that I have editors with all those sorts of features, I do find them handy. So it's possible that a system like this would be of value if once the programmer gets used to it. ChrisA
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Re: Highlighting program variables instead of keywords? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-27 11:52 +1100
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