Do you use a light or a dark background in your editor for programming?

[hollowlife1987]

I've always used the default colors for all my programs, which happens to normally be dark on light.
But I do want to try out the light on dark scheme sometime.

[wraith808]

The theme I'm showing in my screenshot is the one I've been using for the last year or so, and it has served me very well so far

-Dirhael (January 12, 2008, 09:37 AM)

What editor is that; I don't recognize it...

[Dirhael]

The theme I'm showing in my screenshot is the one I've been using for the last year or so, and it has served me very well so far

-Dirhael (January 12, 2008, 09:37 AM)

What editor is that; I don't recognize it...

-wraith808 (January 14, 2008, 01:33 PM)

It's a fairly new (out of beta some months ago) editor called E. Great editor for my use

[wraith808]

Thanks!  I actually already had a link to that editor, but had never gotten around to it.  I guess now I will!  Though truthfully, I don't need more editors (or software!) to try... I might need to borrow your avatar! LOL!

[Mark0]

Light, on Windows / Mac, let's say in any GUI environment.
In the DOS days, it was light gray (that is, dark white) on blue.

[skyler]

I tested out the light yellow color as a background, and I have to say it is nice improvement over the standard white.  thanks for the suggestion!  for some reason I've never really liked a dark background.

[mitzevo]

I usually use the editor default [colors], and If I'm lucky enough to config colors I ... hey wait I don't.

When I was trying out E I noticed the default (iirc) color scheme was black bg and different colors (or perhaps I changed to this one..). At first it was unusual, but then after trying it for a while I realized it makes editing files so much easier (very much like to do with the syntax hi-lighting), for example you go to edit a .ini file in E, it's so easy to tell sections and variables from stuff you don't need to concern your self with.. So I think colors definitely help if set up correctly

So.. some people use dark and light, or light on dark. I myself haven't joined any side yet

 

[Stoic Joker]

Dark colored text with a white background for text editing definitely. However I also work at the command prompt extensively and can not function if it is not the (default) Exact opposite, white/gray text on black background. Which (as I think of it now...) doesn't make a damn bit of sense.

Anybody else share that hangup?

[f0dder]

I still think it was a mistake moving to black-on-white as a default, there's even a noticeable difference in CRT monitor power consumption... although it's not as much as some people claim, just a few Watts on my old 19" samsung.

[Stoic Joker]

I still think it was a mistake moving to black-on-white as a default, there's even a noticeable difference in CRT monitor power consumption... although it's not as much as some people claim, just a few Watts on my old 19" samsung.

-f0dder (January 28, 2008, 06:38 PM)

Simple economics I suspect. In the DOS days computers were (had a) dark, ominous, and threatening interface that required cryptic commands that confused "normal" people. So MonkeySwift had to come up with a lighter (hearted looking), brighter, friendlier user interface that would lure folks out of (or into depending on you perspective...) the "shadows" to try this new, unique, and graphical ... way to play solitare... *Sigh*

[Rover]

Using the most awesome Boxer Text Editor with colors as orginally* intended.

Do you use a light or a dark background in your editor for programming?



* See Turbo Pascal 3.0 

[e712]

 ... and  don't use blinking text anymore now that I've replaced my Hercules graphics card.