Michael Foord said unto the world upon 02/08/2007 06:46 PM: > Tal Einat wrote: >> On 2/8/07, *BBands* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
<snip> >> As for paren matching, as of Python 2.5, IDLE 1.2 it is not working as >> I would expect on xp. For example, I would expect the pair of >> parens/brackets to change color when the cursor hits one. Right now >> the first one or two of panen completions get greyed, after that >> nothing else happens though ctrl-0 works. If you let me know how it is >> intended to work I'll test it and post a field report. >> >> >> Well, sounds like it's working just fine. Currently IDLE doesn't flash >> matching parens every time the cursor hits one. I've seen other IDEs >> do this, and it is somewhat useful, mostly to catch unbalanced parens >> early. >> >> I'd like to hear some opinions on this - which behavior is preferred? >> Having matching parens highlight whenever the cursor is on one, or >> only when typed or Ctrl-<zero> is hit? > If the coloring is subtle I prefer automatic highlighting. > > It makes it easier when you are stepping through nested expressions to > have the parens highlighted automatically... > > Fuzzyman +1 Brian vdB _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
