This piece aims to highlight (pun intended) some of the reasons behind my color free editor setup. Imagine highlighting an entire book because all of it is important. That is exactly what (most) syntax highlighting does. It is difficult for the human eye to filter out noise in rainbow barf. Use color to draw attention, not diverge it. At the same time, a book devoid of color is boring! What is the takeaway from this 10 line paragraph? What are the technical terms used? Prose and code are cert...
