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

Outstanding! ;-)

Mike

> From: Scott Owens <sowens at cs.utah.edu>
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:22:19 -0600
> 
> 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:
> >>   For list-related administrative tasks:
> >>   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
>