[Oberon] Syntax highlighting justified?

peter at easthope.ca peter at easthope.ca
Thu Nov 21 17:46:37 CET 2024


Hi,

A recent edit of Oberon/V2/Input in the wikibook replaced my style tag 
with tag 'syntaxhighlight lang="oberon2"'.

Links to the two versions are at the top of the history page.
https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Oberon/V2/Input&action=history

If the two versions are marked, a click on "Compare selected 
revisions" will show the changes side by side.

You'll see that the edit was made from an address rather than from an 
authenticated account.

My original styling was crafted to imitate the appearance in Wirth's 
book.  Black text in the Times New Roman font. syntaxhighlight uses a 
Helvetica (?) font with keywords colored green.

I appreciate the eagerness of an itinerant editor to help but 
sometimes "help" misses an intention.  My instinct is to keep Wirth's 
styling.  (A note about that at the top of the page may be justified.)

What do experts say?  Leave syntaxhightlight?  Revert to Wirth's 
styling.

Thanks,                        ... P. L.


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