[PyKDE] Line numbers in TextEdit box?

[Peter Clark]

On Tuesday 12 August 2003 11:37 am, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
> 1) Implementing your own text edit with PyQt.
>
> Won't be too difficult. Since Qt is GPL, you can "borrow" code and
> concepts and write it all in Python.
	Since the only "difficult" part is understanding C++ (which, as I have stated 
before, I know next to nothing about), I was actually hoping that some kind 
soul had already done so, but after searching Google, it doesn't look like 
it. Ah, well, I'll download the source for QScintilla and see what we've got 
there.

> 2) Using QScintilla. ;-)
>
> Why reinvent the wheel? Perhaps you are having difficulty obtaining or
> compiling qscintilla and PyQt. You should address these problems first.
	QScintilla looks to be like a Mach truck when all I really need is a moped. 
:) What I had in mind was something like 
http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/graphics/SingleGlossField.gif, with the 
left-hand column (the \lx and \ge part) "uneditable" (and preferably with a 
grey background, to indicate that), with the right-hand column the data entry 
part. The right-hand part would also have to be multi-lined, e.g.:

Tags			Values

\entry	| The name of the entry
\text 	| Some really long text that
		| wraps around for a while
		| to show off line-wrapping.
\date	| 12 Aug 2003
      
Text labels wouldn't work here, since the left-hand column doesn't necessarily 
have to include a set list of tags. Also, there could be dozens, perhaps even 
more such tags, and to give every last one a text label would create a huge 
window that would fit only on the largest of screens. 

> > --
> > Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive!
>
> Oh what a tangled web they weave, who try a new *code* to conceive!
	Amen. I seem to often bite off more than I can chew...
	:Peter
-- 
Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive!