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If anyone requires syntax highlighting to write code, they probably do not know how to write code in the first place. If anyone requires colour output to tell directories from files, they are probably a dipstick.
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This is interesting. As you might all know from my previous posts I'm not a programmer, but after starting to use OpenBSD I also switched to Latex (which, if I understand right, is to some extent a programming language) to get my papers done. Well, I used it in black and white for a long time, then discovered that Vim supports color syntax highlighting, tried it, and found it useful, especially because, for example, you can spot out a \emph{blabla} inside e paragraph quickly.
Now the question: why is using syntax highlighting to be considered a bad habit? And what are the strategies to make do without?
tks