>>>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:20:02 +0000, Derek M Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Derek> I suspect students have a different use for highlighting
Derek> than expert users. Students are learning and therefore
Derek> want help in breaking up the text into meaningful chunks
Derek> (opinions will vary as to how this is best done). Experts
Derek> know what the chunks are, they are after a means of
Derek> reducing the cognitive effort needed to locate them in a
Derek> visual display.
BTW A common use of code coloring and advanced auto-indentation is
that they can tell the programmer whether he/she has just made a basic
syntax error. If the indenter puts you in a place you weren't
expecting, or if the function identifier suddenly turn orange (say),
chances are the code around that point has some flaw.
__Jason
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