[DrJava] [ drjava-Feature Requests-1034199 ] System.out/err coloring

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Feature Requests item #1034199, was opened at 2004-09-24 17:08
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Category: Interactions
Group: Unknown size
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Charles Reis (csreis)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: System.out/err coloring

Initial Comment:
Now that the Interactions Pane has very nice syntax
coloring (great job!), the colors for System.out and
System.err text are a little less distinguishing. 
Perhaps a box (consistent with our System.in and
DrScheme's input and output boxes) around System.out
and System.err text would be clearer.  This would have
the added benefit of helping intro students
differentiate between methods that return Strings and
methods that print to System.out (which was a big issue
in our intro courses at UW).

This gets complex when trying to figure out when to
create a new box and when to add text to an existing
box, notably with multithreaded programs.  Worth a
discussion, at any rate.

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