gert cuykens <gert.cuyk...@gmail.com> added the comment: On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Terry J. Reedy <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: > > Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment: > > There are, perhaps 3 main issues with new features; > > 1. What is the specific proposal? > > In particular, where should the new menu entry go and what should it say.
edit -> syntax highlight > 2. Will it hurt anything? no > 3. Will it be useful. yes > As to these, I suggest you try your own experiment. Rename x.html to x.py and > pull into the editor. > > Doing that with controlflow.html shows that this appears to be harmless. For > this file, it is also useless: In this case useless it is. But try imagining some more <pre></pre> friendly html. Would it not be asome if you could craft a file that opens with your browser to see what it does before you run it with python? > a. My WinXP32 3.1.2 IDLE edit window does not have a horizontal scroll bar. > It does not need one for <80 char lines. It also does not do autowrap, as > that would be fatal for code. However, this file has some lines with a few > hundred chars and there is no easy way to read them. I can live with arrow keys > > b. The html for Python code is not always what you see in a browser. Here is > one line from your example: "<span class="k">print</span> <span > class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span > class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">)</span>" (no > wrapping in the original). > > I think Tal's case of .py-less Python files is a reason to add a menu entry, > and let the user beware with anything else. > Not a warning message please. Just put it off by default on non py files, like it currently does. Hilighting is harmless and does not change the contents of the file. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6858> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
