best vi / emacs python features

[Paul Rudin]

Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> writes:

> On Oct 7, 8:29 pm, Chris Jones <cjns1... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Always felt that syntax highlighting for instance is way
>> overrated.
>
> I have all syntax colors turned off except for strings and comments.
> I highly recommend this low-key syntax coloring for those who don't
> care for the normal psychodelic syntax coloring.
>
> Bright red comments definitely helps them stand out (the easier to
> ignore them with), and cool blue strings provide a subtle syntax clue
> while not being too distracting.  Rest of the text is black.

I quite like a bit of syntax highlighting - it helps to quickly grasp
the structure of code.  Of course how much is a matter of taste.

I also like to highlight things that can creep in accidentally and
shouldn't be there - e.g.  whitespace at the end of lines, tabs where
there should be spaces.