Re: [Pydev-code] patch for colon skipping and bracket matching

[Fabio Z. <fa...@in...>]

just applied...

I did only some minor changes, but it seems to work ok

Karol Pietrzak (RIT Student) wrote:

> Hey everyone!
>
> I wrote a patch to add colon skipping and bracket skipping to Pydev.  
> That last feature is what the Eclipse Java editor does automatically, 
> but here are descriptions anyway:
>
> 1. Colon skipping.  If you have:
>
> def __init__(self):
>
> ...and your cursor if right before the end colon, you can type in ':' 
> and it will just put your cursor after the colon, NOT insert another 
> colon.  This works very well with the auto-insertion of '()' and 
> '(self)' that Pydev does after function declarations.
>
> 2. Bracket skipping.  In the Java editor, if you have:
>
> Math.random()
>
> ...with your cursor between the parentheses and you type in ')', you 
> will not get two parentheses.  The cursor will just move to the 
> position after the right parenthesis.  This patch adds this feature to 
> the Python editor, and it works with brackets too.
>
> Oh, and both (1) and (2) are configurable from the Preferences->Pydev 
> window (with tooltips!).
>
> Next up, I'm not sure what I want to do.  I have a few ideas, but if 
> there's something someone would like to work on with me, let me know.
>
> Thanks!
>
> P.S. I apologize for the size of the patch.  I also added some 
> javadocs to random classes.  Most notably, I added the 
> org.apache.commons.lang.WordUtils class because it has a wrap() 
> function that made writing nicely-sized tooltips easy.  I don't think 
> it'll create a licensing issue, as it's under the Apache License.  But 
> if push comes to shove, I can remove that.
>