[soyuka]

Reminds me of Damian Conway that finds syntax coloring distracting, always wondered why. https://youtu.be/aHm36-na4-4?t=10m23s

[rhaps0dy]

In the video, he shows the standard coloring for vim. That coloring is indeed flashy and more distracting than no coloring at all.

I tried having no syntax highlighting for a few months, and it was usable, but not as good as with syntax highlighting.

[bootload]

"I tried having no syntax highlighting for a few months, and it was usable, but not as good as with syntax highlighting."

A lot of the problems I have with Vim and syntax highlighting is using VT100 or badly configured graphics systems. Personal taste, one style I do use is the old Borland colours which came out with Turbo Pascal. Works on all the monitors I've got ~ http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=92