Autobold in 3.7-5868

Jimmie Houchin jhouchin at cableone.net
Sat Apr 3 21:23:07 UTC 2004


Tim Rowledge wrote:
> Dan Ingalls <Dan at SqueakLand.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>In 3.7-5868, when you type "]", it bolds the character to the left of it, if that character is a "[".  This seems to happen for (-) and {-}, as well (but not for <->).
> 
> Actually it seems to do it across a span of characters. It could
> conceivably be useful if it did a bit more to indicate the matching
> range.

Maybe it could be modified or enhanced make both characters bold or even 
possibly bold and alternate color. Also possibly reverting back to 
normal after a set time or when user enters other text.

Just some thoughts. I personally like the feature.

Jimmie



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