Re: [j-devel] Python mode enhancements

[Peter G. <pe...@ar...>]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 at 21:38:15 +0200, Jan-Wijbrand Kolman wrote:
> It's been a while since I was able to improve J's Python mode. I have 
> two small patches. The sourceforge patch tracker is driving me nuts, so 
> I hope it is OK to post'em here.

Yes, of course!

> The first is a very trivial patch to add the new "with" keyword that is 
> introduced with the Python-2.5 release. For more information on the what 
> and how of the "with" statement, see:
>
>   http://www.python.org/doc/2.5/whatsnew/pep-343.html
>
> The second patch adds (in a somewhat naive manner probably) support for 
> highlighting Python code in so called "doctests". Doctests are a way of 
> writing (unit)tests *inside* the documentation strings of Python 
> modules, classes, methods, and functions.
>
> For more information on the how and what of doctests, see:
>
>    http://docs.python.org/lib/module-doctest.html
>
> In short, python code inside docstrings that start with ">>>" (or "...", 
> depending on context) is executed by a doctest-aware testrunner. This 
> patch will apply syntax coloring to these code snippets.
>
> I was suprised to see I got the doctest support added so easily, and I'm 
> not even 100% sure why it works... I *think* it works because J uses, 
> somehow, a two stage aproach to parsing the buffer in order to apply 
> syntax coloring: first on a buffer level and then on a single line level.

That's correct.

> Hopefully these patches are of any use.

I've committed them to CVS. Thanks very much!

-Peter