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		HexDecOctBin on Aug 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rhombus: Macro-extensible language with convention... > Why would you ever do that? What's the point? Syntax highlighting code visible on the screen

ansible on Aug 4, 2024 [–]

> Syntax highlighting code visible on the screen

That... does not work in most programming languages. Especially so for showing indent levels correctly. Generally speaking, the language server (or whatever) is parsing the entire file.

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