RE: [Boa Constr] wxPython 2.1.15 and wxStyledTextCtrl

[Josh R. <jo...@fu...>]

the way that PythonWin works... (I think some of these features were new in
128???) is that it uses a bunch of extensions from IDLE for this sort of
thing.... under the pythonwin folder there is an Idle dir from which
extensions are dynamically loaded depending on the contents of the pythonwin
config file... (Because Guido maintins this code all the hard parts are
taken care of by him - e.g. dynamic typing/parsing etc...)

Pythonwin supports parameter hinting and code completion... (a-la Visual
Studio)so we should be able to reuse the exiting code for Boa.

A couple of other things... :)

1.	I am not a delphi user (allthough long ago i was an object pascal
person... - TurboPascal 5/7 ;) so the layout of the Boa windows seams a bit
strange to me..... (From my visual studio point of view). Is there any
interest in allowing a configuration option to make Boa MDI with Dockable
pallettes (so it will seem natural to MS people)?

1.	I am keen to get the wizard code working.... :).... Is this
something that I could do Riaan or is it more work to explain whats in your
head than for you to do it... (I'm happy to have a go if you want to explain
your idea).

(I have _lots_ of other ideas for Boa but they need some time to settle down
before I ramble any more... - I have been reading some of the prerelease
material for Visual Studio 7... VB will finally get object inheritance!!!!!
- We are so far ahead!)

Josh

P.S. roughly how many people are subscribed to the list?

-----Original Message-----
From: Riaan Booysen [mailto:riaan@e.co.za]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2000 8:47 a.m.
To: Josh Robb; Boa list
Subject: Re: [Boa Constr] wxPython 2.1.15 and wxStyledTextCtrl


Hi Josh, everyone.

Josh Robb wrote:
> 
> Is anyone working on using the new wxStyledTextControl for the Boa editor?

Firstly thanks for writing, this list has been too quiet of late.

Indeed yes, I've been working with it since a few minutes after 
2.1.15 was released :)

> 
> If not shall I start?
> What features would people like.... (e.g. tooltips like pythonwin)

Indeed what features do you people want?

What tool tip support does pythonwin have? (I haven't noticed any on
125)
Tool tip support (Hints under parameters) and code completion are
sometimes a bit tricky in a dynamically typed language like Python
and I would really appreciate some discussion of it on this 
mailing list.

I've added features like auto indent, smart delete, block indenting,
block commenting and code browsing (hold down ctrl and click on
code to jump to definition, this only works for a subset of code)

Pending features; Bookmarks

> 
> Is there any one there at all?
> 
jip :)

There are still a few issues around the wxStyledTextCtrl to be resolved
before a release can be considered:
  * Performance issues on Linux
  * Tool tips and code completion aren't working correctly
  * GetText bug

I plan to update the CVS soon for some feedback and help.

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