Exceptional coding style

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 03:07:08PM +0100, monarch_dodra wrote:
> On Tuesday, 15 January 2013 at 13:55:53 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> >On 01/15/2013 11:57 AM, mist wrote:
> >>Well, probably I am playing "good vision nazi" here, as 12 font size
> >>seems HUGE to me, far beyond the comfort zone.
> >
> >It's just preference. I do not have any problems with font size 9.
> 
> I do not know of any editor that does not support "ctrl + scroll" to
> change the font sizes on the fly.

I'm a vim nazi. :-P


> I always change the font size of my editor, depending on how
> concentrated I am, my position in my seat, or by how complicated the
> current algorithm is. Or simply if somebody is looking over my
> shoulder.

Huh. I'm glad I don't have the latter problem. Well, good ole ctrl-Z to
return to the shell, or just ctrl-T ctrl-T (I use ratpoison) to switch
to another window, etc., works for me. But then I don't work in a
situation where people I don't want looking at my code can simply walk
by and look over my shoulders. Office security, man! ;-)


> Your editor's font size should not be statically dictated by a
> single number.

I rather prefer to stick to a single font size. It's easier on the brain
to always see the same layout of a particular piece of code. It's like
navigating by landmarks -- you get familiar with where things are laid
out, and it's easier to find things. It just costs too much effort to
keep changing things around.


T

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