[Pythonmac-SIG] XCode autoindenting?

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 21-sep-2005, at 21:27, Jeffrey E. Forcier wrote:

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> On Sep 21, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote:
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>> Xcode support syntax coloring for a lot languages, including  
>> fringe languages like Dylan. Someone seems to have overengeneered  
>> the syntax coloring system :-)
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> Hoo boy. Maybe I should go check if it also supports 'whitespace'  
> or 'brain****' (you know, the language that's all + and -  
> characters?).

I know off the language. Even intercal seems more useful ;-)

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>> IMHO the WebKit story was hyped, but I must say I haven't checked  
>> out al details. At least WebKit is now a more transparent project.
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>> I don't know how responsive Apple is. At least one Apple engeneer  
>> really likes Python, and there are rumored to be more :-). I'd  
>> guess that Python support is not high on the TODO list for Xcode  
>> and won't be until someone big (such as Adobe) starts pushing for it.
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> That makes sense, although I did hear the other day that "someone"  
> inside Apple is in fact pushing for better Python usage/support,  
> overall, in their various products/projects. Granted, this is  
> hearsay, but it *was* in a channel that has some well-positioned  
> Apple nerds =)
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>> My feature request for this asks for opening up Xcode a little,  
>> that way we could write Python support ourselves. Someone who  
>> really wants to enhance Xcode won't be stopped by lack of API  
>> documentation. There are several 3th party plugins for Mail.app  
>> and that doesn't have a public API either.
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> Yea, 'class-dump' is useful in that regard =) Now if only I knew  
> ObjC well enough to make good use of it...

No need to use class-dump, just inject a Python interpreter and class  
browser. Both are examples shipped with PyObjC :-)

Ronald

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> Jeff
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