HTML source code?? (was: Call for Resources for CDC 6000/Cyber 70Series Emulator

From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Fri Jun 1 14:57:50 2001

"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:

> > -- Derek (hoping for watchpoints or formatted display of
> > the source code -- i.e., with italics or proportional spacing)
>
> Certain styling of formatted source code could be really nice.
>
> But IMAGINE the abuses! It could be as bad as the introduction of HTML to
> e-mail.
>
> Italics, bold-face, even different sizes of fonts could be useful.
> BUT, ... it was well more than 20 years ago (in computer magazines), that
> people found out what a DISASTER proportional spacing is for source code.
> ("How many spaces do there need to be there?"
> Am I the only one here who is old enough to remember how bad that was?
>

No Fred. Nothing worse than looking at your assembly source code with the
labels,
op codes, operands and comments DIDN'T line up nicely. I learned to used
'courier'
font in a hurry!

Eric

>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Fri Jun 01 2001 - 14:57:50 BST