Differentiate class members in CLion/C++

[SirusDoma]

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Class members are not highlighted in CLion 2024.2.3:

Catppuccin:

OneDark Theme:

This may look trivial, but this is a deal breaker for me particularly in an object oriented language such as C++

[sgoudham]

Hey 👋,

At the moment, our style guide does not specify that class/field members should be highlighted differently.

For me, the main thing is about consistency of Catppuccin across editors (something that we're still working towards) and highlighting class members here would be seen as a "regression". However, I'd be interested to see what it looks like in C++.

I'll leave this open while I think about it. In the meantime, you should be able to override the colour yourself by going to Settings -> Color Scheme -> C/C++. I unfortunately don't know the specific property because I don't have CLion installed but you should be able to play around with all the editor syntax colours and change them to your liking.

[SirusDoma]

Hi, thanks for your reply

First of all, I understand your point of view as the maintainer of this plugin and style. That said, I believe this reduces cognition when reading the code, particularly in C++. Any serious theme should aim for both aesthetic and practicality in order to boost productivity, and I don't think I can be productive with a theme that highlights less syntax than other common theme

And I'm not really catching this "consistency" concern. This should be possible to make everything consistent across different editors that support C++, and if any of these editors does not support this kind of highlighting, I see no reason that the rest of capable editors should limp themselves in favor of incapable editors.