[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I agree. The parenmatch highlighting is so transient that it hardly matters what it is, except that it should not match a syntax color. -- dependencies: -Idle extension configuration: add option-help option resolution: -> rejected stage: patch

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Tal Einat added the comment: FWIW I'm -1 on this change, due to the decision to keep IDLE simple for new users learning Python rather than power users. -- nosy: +taleinat ___ Python tracker

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Changes by Charles Wohlganger : -- pull_requests: -2554 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Changes by Charles Wohlganger : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +3565 stage: needs patch -> patch review ___ Python tracker

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: As I said on #27099, please do not include new options with the transfer patch. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Charles Wohlganger added the comment: I've rolled pretty much all this was going to do, other than underlining and font work into #27099. Trying to bring parenmatch into main otherwise would have been just as much of a hassle. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Since configdialog code is being re-written, I would not want to write code right now. But we could start planning. -- dependencies: +IDLE: turn builting extensions into regular modules ___ Python tracker

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Charles Wohlganger added the comment: Implimenting #27099 seems the more reasonable solution to me, so I'll work on that when I have free time. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: There is another option. I want to incorporate 'builtin extensions' as regular features (#27099), and move their configuration options to other tabs, which will need some reworking. #22705 will then be less urgent. Selection from a finite set will then be

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: As far as you want to go with 1. Review the uploaded patch here or on Rietveld (see review link). Or skip this if you make PR and review on github. 2. Download code, makes minimal changes needed to succeed with 'git apply download' in new branch. 3. git

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Charles Wohlganger added the comment: The pull request has been changed to only have the theme element able to be selected. #22705 hasn't had activity in a few years. Is there something I can do to move it along? -- ___ Python tracker

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I am not willing to add a new theme element to the 13 that already exist, let alone define it in config-extensions.def rather than in config-hightlight.def. It is too much additional complication for too little impact. Also, any theme specified in

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

Changes by Charles Wohlganger : -- pull_requests: +2554 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30809] IDLE parenmatch - highlighting options

New submission from Charles Wohlganger: Current IDLE parenmatch highlighting uses the 'hilite' style when highlighting the parens/expression. Desired behavior is to use a user-setting based style that is independent from the hilite style (which is used for highlighting selected text). Desired