Color in print is expensive
But you can use different fonts at almost no cost.
Books with syntax highlighting, or why I prefer reading code from screen than paper
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Re: Books with syntax highlighting, or why I prefer reading code from screen than paper
#12Color in print is expensive
But you can use different fonts at almost no cost.
Re: Books with syntax highlighting, or why I prefer reading code from screen than paper
#13Color in print is expensive
Sure. The question is, would people pay for it?
I would, and it seems like I'm not the only one.
Re: Books with syntax highlighting, or why I prefer reading code from screen than paper
#14The lack of syntax highlighting in books don't bother me too much, it's the size of the book. I've gotten used to a wide screen monitor for code so it's nice when that long if statement is on one line.
For the purpose of learning from a book the bold and italics in print is often good enough for me. Have def in bold and comments in italics and i'm generally pleased. Then again it could just me a bias I have since i prefer to reading books than pdfs on a computer.
Re: Books with syntax highlighting, or why I prefer reading code from screen than paper
#15I wondered why Symfony's online book was so good.