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Libervurto
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Posted: 12th Jun 2010 07:47 Edited at: 12th Jun 2010 07:48
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I find the white background strains my eyes after a while so I changed my syntax highlighting around a bit...

Now it's much easier to read . I bet there are some interesting colours going on in some people's editors so post a pic if you think you've got a good or strange set up.

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TheComet
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Posted: 12th Jun 2010 10:24
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Well, you got me experimenting, and I found that a black background and white text is easier to read.



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Lemonade
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Posted: 12th Jun 2010 11:10 Edited at: 12th Jun 2010 11:11
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Quote: "Well, you got me experimenting, and I found that a black background and white text is easier to read."


My eyes!

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 12th Jun 2010 13:46 Edited at: 12th Jun 2010 13:46
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Whitespace emulation ftw!


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Oolite
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Posted: 12th Jun 2010 16:58
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I usually keep the default colour scheme from the original DBPro editor. I like it, it's generally easier on the eyes than black on white.

Also, i went through a phase of white on black, after a few hours of coding the image will burn into the back of your eyes. Not nice.

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Fallout
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Posted: 12th Jun 2010 17:03
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At least you dont have to worry about backing up your code.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Quote: "At least you dont have to worry about backing up your code."




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budokaiman
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Posted: 13th Jun 2010 02:00 Edited at: 13th Jun 2010 02:06
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I like the Visual Studio 2010 theme for DBP, along with some other minor changes.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Posted: 13th Jun 2010 02:31
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Anyways, I like good ol' fashioned blue keywords, reddish/purplish strings and stuff, and green comments on a greyish background.


^^the three IDE's I regularly use (synergy, eclipse, and visual studio express '08)


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Quik
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Posted: 13th Jun 2010 02:36
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black definitly was a bad choiseXD my eyes died.. pretty much

maybe just a very light gray could work? but white is just fine imo


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AndrewT
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Posted: 13th Jun 2010 17:51
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I've found the following to be really easy on my eyes:



*hopes nobody notices what language he's programming with and banishes him from TGC forever*

i like orange
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Isocadia
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let me guess, nova?

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AndrewT
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Posted: 13th Jun 2010 20:37
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Haha BlitzMax actually. I say that because Blitz is considered the biggest competitor for TGC.

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Peter H
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Blobby 101
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haha, Oldschool Peter

I generally stick with what Synergy comes with automatically, though i have changed it in the past so that functions appear the same as native commands.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 15th Jun 2010 20:51
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I stole TheComet's syntax highlighting. I've always liked darker backgrounds because white actually hurts my eyes if I stare at it for too long (over an hour). Black doesn't have that effect for me (but this may be due to the fact that I've started taking 10 minute breaks for every one hour of coding/general computing).

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Phaelax
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Posted: 16th Jun 2010 01:12
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Mine's pretty darn similar to Comets, but I'm really liking AndrewT's. I thought it looked familiar then he said Blitz!


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