On 2010-09-19, AK <andrei....@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/18/2010 08:35 PM, Seebs wrote: >> That wouldn't be *syntax* highlighting, that'd be *semantic* highlighting.
> In case of programming, the effect is similar. I have not found that to be the case. It's been exactly the same as syntax highlighting in English would be -- it's wasting bandwidth telling me things I already know, which slows down my perception of the things I'm trying to find out. Hmm. Actually, one thing -- I think I sometimes find it useful for a couple of days on a new language I don't know yet. It's helpful then, but once I've got my parser trained, it's a distraction. > Anyway, I find it > very odd that anyone would not find it extremely useful (in code)! Yes, and I find it inexplicable that people find it useful. News flash: Not all people think the same way. Film at 11. :) I've tried to use syntax coloring editors, and I've always found that they end up making me slower and less accurate at reading things, because what they're highlighting isn't waht what I need to know. >> I don't understand this. So far as I know, the phrase "speed reading" >> refers to various methods of reading much faster than most people read, >> and is real but not exceptionally interesting. > Afaik the idea is that you can read a novel at the speed of half a page > a second or so and understand it to the same extent as people who'd read > at a normal rate. Woody Allen joke: "I learned speed reading and > read War&Peace"; - it involves Russia. I dunno about that speed, but as I recall, my default reading speed for English is about the range that people advertise in "speed reading" courses, and I end up understanding text about as well as other people do. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list