On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 08:11:21 Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: > On 5/16/2017 7:17 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: > > So again it is NOT color that bothers me. It is OVERUSE of color for > > stuff that isn't important to read the message which dilutes the > > meaning of color. It isn't special anymore. > > Perhaps. I know I have some trouble distinguishing code from explanatory > text in error messages, particularly when the code looks like english, as > in: > > error: undefined identifier maybe > > Colorizing code distinguishes it from text. > > The initial color choices I picked are garish on purpose, it's to try > things out. I expect to change it to more muted ones (turn off the > intensity bit at least). It's also possible to use underlining. > > I'm working on the next PR that will auto-detect if Adam is running the > compiler, and will highlight code with blinking text.
LOL. Or you could have it just say: "I'm sorry, Adam. I'm afraid I can't do that." :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEu4Iq5KL-Q - Jonathan M Davis