Question:why does DOpus recommend disabling PowerToys Source Code Preview

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I noticed that when enabling the PowerToys Source Code (Monaco) preview handler, a warning message appears:
"PowerToys Source Code (Monaco) is enabled. You should disable it as it will override the superior Directory Opus text viewer."

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I’m curious about the reasoning behind this. In what specific ways is the native DOpus text viewer "superior"?

The native viewer doesn't include built-in syntax highlighting for code, whereas the PowerToys handler provides color themes and highlighting for various programming languages, which I find very helpful.
If I choose to ignore the warning and keep this PowerToys Source Code Preview plugins enabled, am I missing out on any critical DOpus features or potentially causing stability issues?

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I don’t know if it has improved but it was a terrible viewer last time I looked. It took several seconds to open even a small text file, and failed to display some files entirely.

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