Re: [Beaver-devel] TODO additions

[Michael Terry]

Leslie Polzer wrote:
> "Don't add buttons for Help, Close or Quit to your toolbar by default,
> as these are rarely used [...]"
>
> I don't feel so. One of the first things I did was to search for a
> close button to get rid of a file. I'd like to have a close button
> because I don't think the HIG reason for leaving it out are
> applicable to a text editor, esp. a programmer's text editor.

Yeah, I'm flexible on the default settings.  But certainly, they should 
be configurable.


> > > Additional and extraordinary syntax hightlighting feature proposal:
> > > [...]
> >
> > Sounds cool.  It's a feature I've often missed.
>
> I think it's strange that no one has it yet, not even dedicated
> syntax hightlighting programs.
> I have already done some studies on this in Perl and were quite
> successful (I can sent those along with a test file to you if you
> wish). Only the HTML I use is making a mess with its quotes.
> How is format stuff handled with GtkTextView? Please excuse
> my questions on this, but I have never worked with those
> widgets before...

You can create GtkTextTags that modify all sorts of behaviors - like 
modifying the font, colors, or what happens when you click on it.  You 
apply these between any two GtkTextIters.

So, if you want a blue font, you might write

GtkTextTag *tag = gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (buffer, "my-nice-tag", 
"foreground", "blue");
gtk_text_buffer_apply_tag (buffer, tag, start_iter, end_iter);

You can also of course specify a GdkColor for tags (or maybe only a 
GdkColor -- but I think you can just type a string).

Tags stay around with a buffer and are deleted when it is.  You can name 
tags or leave them anonymous (with NULL as a name).


> > > How about your experience with regular expressions?
> >
> > Not much, I'm afraid.
>
> Want to learn?

Sure.  Got some pointers?


> I am also going to update the web page.

Yeah, good idea.  Add your personal info and do whatever cleanup you like.

-mt

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