Tkinter syntax coloring

[Laura Creighton]

> Dagur Páll Ammendrup <dagurp at heimsnet.is> writes:
> 
> > I want to do html syntax coloring in a Tkinter text widget but I'm
> > just a beginner using Tkinter. What I have so far takes a few seconds
> > to complete so it's obviously not good enough :D
> > 
> > Does anyone have any pointers for me?
> 
> You might want to look on how IDLE does Python syntax coloring, or
> perhaps you can find a copy of Grail, to see how it did rendering.  I
> believe the trick is to allocate as few tags as possible, and reuse
> them whereever feasible.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
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If all you want to do is display HTML, it might be easier just to wrap
this one: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/tkhtml/

Laura Creighton