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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