Syntax coloring for wm? - Writemonkey

The old Google Groups will be going away soon, but your browser is incompatible with the new version.
Message from discussion Syntax coloring for wm?
MIME-Version: 1.0
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 13:16:13 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <f0ef56c6-2b38-4b41-8242-04ac86b517f6@h22g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>
References: <bde40f13-6dec-4ccf-92c6-fdb88c417ece@i18g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
 <fc86bb82-2370-42c2-998b-7eebe229e2f1@s9g2000vby.googlegroups.com>
 <AANLkTikEzfTnvYz8im4vm-+GEqF2O5TxGH5ZXwUsp_Td@mail.gmail.com> <f0ef56c6-2b38-4b41-8242-04ac86b517f6@h22g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>
User-Agent: G2/1.0
Message-ID: <186972a6-530c-4ea9-831d-7180e0eabae4@z26g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Syntax coloring for wm?
From: Asher <ashers...@gmail.com>
To: Writemonkey <writemonkey@googlegroups.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I really like the idea of keeping the markup elements and just marking
them up and making it look pretty. =3D)

On Dec 3, 9:31=A0am, josip <broj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I do not intend to hide *, _ and other markup elements.
> On Mac side I like Bean editor most, but haven't seen many. Which one
> is the one like wm?
> i.
>
> On Dec 3, 6:10=A0pm, Chris Lott <ch...@chrislott.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I personally prefer that elements which reflect their formatting
> > literally still retain their markup as well-- so turning the *bold
> > text* bold is good, but hiding the * marks not so much.
>
> > I'm partially switching to Mac. In all honesty, the single program I
> > can't live without is WM. I've been browsing similar programs on the
> > Mac, and while some are OK (and at least one seems like a direct copy
> > of WM in many ways), none of them provide the whole package.
>
> > Have to admit that I like some of the Markdown shortcuts in other
> > programs though, such as Textmate. And, related, some of the features
> > in this little project:http://brettterpstra.com/markdown-quicktags-word=
press-plugin/are
> > really cool (link completion, etc).
>
> > c
>
> > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:47 AM, samokhov <samok...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I think it's a splendid idea. Beautiful and very useful.
> > > As for coloring, I guess Jan's proposal is pretty well-balanced. You
> > > can just dim a bunch of masks that are out of the text flow.
> > > As a slightly extended version of that, you can add a few colors to
> > > the color schemes. E.g.: Normal text, Header,[ Heading,] Note and
> > > maybe Custom color 1 and Custom color 2 (for, you know, some custom
> > > masks). All in all, I don't think someone would need an awful lot of
> > > colors.
>
> > > Also, I agree with Jan on *bold* and _italics_. I mean, .txt is great
> > > for compatibility, but for readability some more WYSIWYG would be
> > > welcome.
>
> > > As for bold, italics, font size and maybe indent settings for jump
> > > masks -- I don't know if that should be bundled with a color scheme
> > > (like it is in IDEs) or whether it should go elsewhere and be valid
> > > across all color schemes. I guess the former should be fine. I don't
> > > think people really use more than two color schemes (I use one for
> > > bright-lit environments and another for dark ones). Unless they are
> > > procrastinating, in which case they're gonna welcome as much options
> > > as possible anyway :)
>
> > > On Dec 1, 7:06=A0pm, josip <broj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Just something to chew on ...
>
> > >>http://yfrog.com/45onu0jhttp://yfrog.com/htdab0j
>
> > > --
> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr=
oups "Writemonkey" group.
> > > To post to this group, send email to writemonkey@googlegroups.com.
> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to writemonkey+unsubscribe=
@googlegroups.com.
> > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/w=
Create a group - Google Groups - Google Home - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy
Account Options
