Code of Sauron
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Better start now, the US might need a new one soon. /s
A smart contract as the declaration of independence would be awesome though.
Is there some language or "syntax formatter" that turns source code into something more off a visual programming language? Like a WYSIWYG markdown editor.
Like python doesn't have curly braces, but you could add some kind of "block illustration".
Or you could have illuminated initials for variable names to make them more unique.
So IDE with syntax highlights? Those blocks things are also pretty much shown in most IDE, what do you use to code?
I even have prettifying turned on so the keywords like in, lambda, etc are prettified.
No somthing more than just "mere" syntax highlightinng or prettifying like e.g. in VS Code. Being able to change line height for a "headline" when you declare a new class. Or maybe lines that illustrate how a temp variable is used. But it's all vague ideas and I can't picture or describe it well and you'd have to demo this with a graphical design tool I think.
I use emacs, and it can change font size and font face similar to the font color during syntax highlights. Like in markdown or LaTeX headings are larger font, math formula have their system where superscript and subscript have higher/lower baseline. In org mode it can even convert the whole latex snippet into formula and display as image, or show inline images. And in rust it has type hints and other information overlayed along side the code you wrote, it even adds little buttons on tests you can click to run them.
So I think what you want can probably be made easily if you have a solid grasp of what you want. Emacs is basically extensible using a programming language (elisp) so technically there's nothing you can't do logic wise, there might be some limitations on displaying things though.
This is great if you don't want the united states politicians to read it.
I use Comic Code. It's not free, but it's so whimsical.
For the curious, here is a similar but free font. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
Oh hey, someone else who uses Comic Code - greetings!
I remember when I first saw it, I laughed - and then it grew on me. Then it turned into "I can't believe I am buying a derivation of comic sans" but it is actually a really nice monospaced font.
Only thing I didn't like was having to figure out how to use Font Patcher to make a copy of it that supports nerd fonts, but it was a one and done process.
(I also don't really like how it looks in my IDE the few times I find myself on Windows, but I don't really blame the font for that one - looks perfect in the same IDE on Linux...)
How'd you do it?
Patching Comic Code? It was quite a while ago unfortunately, so I don't have the exact commands available, but I used their Font Patcher tool in order to do so.
From what I recall, the tricky thing was actually getting the dependencies it required to be installed properly, Font Forge would be up and running but then the script's errors indicated that it couldn't resolve all of the necessary dependencies. Not sure what OS you're on so your mileage may vary - but for Linux they now have an AppImage that looks to contain everything it needs, and for macOS/Windows if you have Docker available there also appears to be a pre-built container for it. There's also quite a few examples that I don't think were there when I used it, since I also recall not being 100% sure of what flags were needed to run it
JetBrains Mono to the top!
I really em want to makenit a reality, do anyone here know a 17th century antique monosace font?
SideShowBobUUUUGH.wav
IBM Mono Plex >>> all other, especially this horrible mess
std::string independence;
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