On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Aaron W. Hsu <arcf...@sacrideo.us> wrote:
> So, I was browsing around the other day looking at Acme resources, and I > discovered an old post from 1995 wherein someone advocated the use of > proportional fonts for programming in Acme. I've been programming using Wily, Acme, and Acme SAC for 15 years now, and this has always been using proportional fonts. Very, very rarely do I need to look at fixed font representation, and I can't remember when the last time actually was? I am so used to this, that I find it difficult to read code in a fixed font, color overloaded, highlighting editor. All the flashiness detracts from the code I'm trying to understand. Sometimes when I have to understand a bit of foreign code, I go through the code and re-indent to fit my view of the world. I use this as an exercise to help me understand what the code does, not because I don't like the style. For code that uses brackets of some persuasion for grouping code, the double-click text selection shows me exactly the grouping. And I don't get mislead by wrong indentation very easily. Proportional fonts can also greatly reduce pointless discussions about coding style. Robby
