Re: [boost] Formal review of "Output Formatters" library begins today

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-14 02:42:29

> The colour scheme chosen by Textpad (my favorite replacement for Notepad)  -
> textpad.com
> for coloring C and C++ seems good  -and mine only slightly better ;-)
> 
> My view is that color is a massive hit in helping people to read code,
> especially if it can be applied uniformly, something that Boost could
> 'impose'.
> 

yes, but then we'd need (at least I would :) an automation tool to 
provide this if I'm not mistaken (parse the <pre> </pre> sections, etc.).

Not that I'm against it - it's a wonderful idea, but someone should do 
it. Or perhaps it already exists and I'm not aware of ;)

Best,
John

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