I vote for (comment ...) being highlighted like normal, except with some modification, such as italicized, smaller font, tinged towards gray or tinted some other way, or something, so you can immediately see that it's not the same as a nearby defn.
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Jozef Wagner <jozef.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is the convention I would like to see in an ideal clojure highlighter > theme: > > ;; comments are highlighted so that they stand out. Comments are meant to > be read, not forgotten. > (comment ) form is for example code, so it is highlighted as a normal > clojure code > #_ is used for disabling parts of code, so the disabled form has grayed > color and is strikedthrough-ed. > > JW > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 9:03:07 PM UTC+2, Phil Hagelberg wrote: >> >> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:06:45 PM UTC-7, Joel Holdbrooks wrote: >> > It might be a bit involved to have *#_* and the subsequent form appear >> commented >> > through clojure-mode's syntax highlighting. However, it would also >> incorrectly express >> > the semantics of *#_* which, arguably, is counter to the goal of >> syntax highlighting. >> >> I don't think there's one right answer here. Using semicolons for >> comments is clearer since those are free-form comments which ignore >> structure, but both #_ and (comment ...) take structure into account, and >> thus need to be at least syntactically valid forms. For instance, (comment >> ...) is usually used for example code in which case you want it to be >> highlighted like normal code. If there were a way to indicate commentedness >> without sacrificing this it might make sense, but I'm not sure what that >> would look like. >> >> -Phil >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
