# New sexp-comment-fade really looks nice

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-sexp-comment-fade-really-looks-nice/62>\
**Category:** Show & Tell\
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-sexp-comment-fade-really-looks-nice/62 "2021-11-09T18:43:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-sexp-comment-fade-really-looks-nice/62/1 "2021-11-09T18:43:35Z")

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The new "fade" effect for sexps commented out with hash-semicolons looks really nice:

 ![Screen Shot 2021-11-09 at 10.40.35 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/008528cdd60381d8b5843f69b2e40a653e29f8db.png)

FWIW, this is only available in nightly / HEAD, not in 8.3. It should be in 8.4, though!

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**Author:** ![plane](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/plane/32/67_2.png) [@plane](https://racket.discourse.group/u/plane)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-sexp-comment-fade-really-looks-nice/62/2 "2021-11-10T01:51:46Z")

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This is excellent!

There was a discussion earlier, where some people felt that a s-exp commented out by `#;` should not be syntax-highlighted normally, because it’s a comment, while other people felt the coloring was useful to see the structure of the s-exp. The “fade” effect looks like it’ll make people on both sides happy – you can see that it’s a comment, but you can also see the structure. Yay!

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**Author:** ![kablooey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/kablooey/32/226_2.png) [@kablooey](https://racket.discourse.group/u/kablooey)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-sexp-comment-fade-really-looks-nice/62/3 "2021-11-10T05:03:51Z")

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👏 👏 👏  
S-expression comments are a Racket feature and this seems like a very Racket-y way to deal with this. Looking forward to using it!

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**Author:** ![Dexter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/dexter/32/1432_2.png) [@Dexter](https://racket.discourse.group/u/Dexter)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-sexp-comment-fade-really-looks-nice/62/4 "2021-11-22T08:08:25Z")

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Sweet! Looks awesome. Thanks for sharing, I'll try nightly.

Dex