On 06/06/10 18:09, Ian Ward wrote:
> Tomás Touceda wrote on 2010-06-06 15:11:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> what's the best approach to handle text decorations of the type: syntax
>> highlighting, selected text?
>>     
> I would make a custom widget, either a subclass of Text (if you want the
> interface to be very similar to a Text widget) or a subclass of
> WidgetWrap that uses a Text widget as self._w (if you want more control
> over the interface).
>
> If you're making a subclass of Text you can simply override the
> get_text() method and return the attributes you want along with the text
> (see http://excess.org/urwid/reference.html#Text-get_text )
>
> With a WidgetWrap subclass you can set the Text's attributes when
> setting the text, eg.:
>
>     # use attributes based on syntax
>     self._w.set_text([('keyword', "class"), " Foo", ('punct', ":")])
>
>   
I'm inheriting from the Edit widget, since I need the cursor methods
from it. But I can't seem to find a way to use the palette with the
edit_text.

Why is it set_text not supported anymore with an Edit widget? is my
approach with the Edit widget wrong if I want to use formatted text?

Thanks,
Tomas

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