At 9:40 AM -0500 7/10/08, Philip Thompson wrote:
On Jul 10, 2008, at 4:07 AM, Peter Ford wrote:
I'm using Lucida Sans for code these days - I finally figured that
it didn't really have to be a fixed-width font, since I couldn't
find one that wasn't ugly.
Are you sure you're a *coder*? =D I've looked at some code in a non
fixed-width font before and it hurt my eyes! I bet you use tabs
instead of spaces too. ;)
~Phil
~Phil:
As I wrote to Ted off-list.
A fixed width is not easier for me. After years of being forced to
use a command, light on dark, and one font, it's a relief to pick
what I want.
All my correspondence, email, notes, and coding is done in one font.
The only time I change fonts is in final
formal-presentations/publications and web sites.
For me, consistency between me and the computer screen is paramount
in all my writing, including coding. I don't want to see the same
word presented differently based upon what application I'm using.
As far as alignment of brackets and whatnot, I have absolutely no
problem with the weird-ass style I use, which I use for ALL
languages, namely:
php/javascript
whatever()
{
whatever;
}
and html
<whatever>
whatever
</whatever>
and css
.whatever
{
whatever: whatever;
}
and whatever else (i.e., actionscript, perl, c, c++, FB, and more
than I want to remember).
A tab is consistent regardless of the type of font you use. I could
not imagine putting spaces in my code when tabs work exceedingly well.
Cheers,
tedd
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