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Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by tsenart » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 9:23 PM UTC

CountHackulus wrote: post #5

This is pretty neat, but the description fails to mention which languages it supports. I tend to look at githubs for a lot of weird languages and if this thing can properly highlight F# then I'm installing it on all my computers.

Thant's something to think of. The extension page now has the list of languages supported. Maybe I'll add some more soon. ;) Share and enjoy.

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by mnutt » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 9:39 PM UTC

It visually looks a lot like Kod. (http://kodapp.com)

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by JeremyBanks » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 10:59 PM UTC

tsenart wrote: post #10

ctide wrote: post #6

It would be better if it inserted line breaks: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=library.gettracks&#...

It does. It was a bug on language detection. Just fixed it ;) Update.

That's really nice to have, though now the line numbers don't actually match up with the original file. Would it be possible to change that?

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by s3graham » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 11:23 PM UTC

CountHackulus wrote: post #5

This is pretty neat, but the description fails to mention which languages it supports. I tend to look at githubs for a lot of weird languages and if this thing can properly highlight F# then I'm installing it on all my computers.

Probably this list? https://github.com/isagalaev/highlight.js/tree/master/src/la...

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by georgieporgie » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 1:06 AM UTC

Is editing code on a very dark background the norm now, or just the Hot New Thing?

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by kovar » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 1:14 AM UTC

georgieporgie wrote: post #15

Is editing code on a very dark background the norm now, or just the Hot New Thing?

It may be hot, it may be the norm, but it certainly isn't new....

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by futuremint » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 2:01 AM UTC

I got to "this app wants to see all of your browsing history" and thought to myself, "why the hell would they want that?" So I clicked cancel and didn't install it.

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by georgieporgie » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 3:43 AM UTC

kovar wrote: post #16

georgieporgie wrote: post #15

Is editing code on a very dark background the norm now, or just the Hot New Thing?

It may be hot, it may be the norm, but it certainly isn't new....

I believe it is. Perhaps you're referring to the old standard of black background terminals. If you look at mainstream desktop editors, the popular trend from the late 80's through the 90's was ever lighter backgrounds. Now, it seems, the popular trend is toward various dark shades.

Incidentally, I'm at a loss as to why I received downvotes for asking about design.

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by goblin89 » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 8:26 AM UTC

georgieporgie wrote: post #15

Is editing code on a very dark background the norm now, or just the Hot New Thing?

People believe that dark background makes extensive reading from the screen easier for the eyes, and many advanced users accustomed themselves to it while working without GUI. So yes, light text on dark background is and always has been especially common among programmers.

Re: Read code on the browser with ease.

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Post by goblin89 » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 8:56 AM UTC

futuremint wrote: post #17

I got to "this app wants to see all of your browsing history" and thought to myself, "why the hell would they want that?" So I clicked cancel and didn't install it.

I decided it's going to be really useful, so I saved & unzipped .crx to see what code it wants to inject into pages. Looks like fine javascript, so I have it installed. (Though, of course, it can be updated with some evilness later. Unfortunately, too much suspicion is often counterproductive.)