[plt-scheme] drscheme syntax coloring in normal editing?

Actually, I hope to implement this in the next few weeks.

-Scott

On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 06:04  PM, Robby Findler wrote:

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> At Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:55:20 -0700, Michael Vanier wrote:
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>> Is there any way to get something like emacs' syntax-coloring in 
>> DrScheme
>> during normal editing (i.e. not only during a check syntax request)?  
>> If
>> not, consider this a feature request.  This would make using DrScheme
>> considerably more pleasant (which is saying a lot, as it's already 
>> far and
>> away my favorite scheme development environment).
>
> There have been many such requests over the years. It just isn't
> something that we have the energy for. Given that we have check syntax
> that does far more than color the text ala emacs:
>
>   - it is not wrong, unlike emacs (altho emacs seems to have some kind
>     of background thread that patches things up nowadays)
>
>   - it allows alpha renaming
>
>   - it tells you about module imports
>
>   - it shows you the tail-call structure of your program
>
> it just doesn't seem worth to hack something in.
>
> Robby