[PyQt] Feature request: support for flashing characters in QTextEdit

[Phil Thompson]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 08:09:44 -0600, "Edward K. Ream" <edreamleo at gmail.com>
wrote:
> This is a repost of
> '[PyQt] Can't disable key strokes while flashing matching
>
brackets'<http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2009-January/021697.html>
> recast as a feature request.
> 
> I have found no good way for my app to flash matching brackets in a
> QTextEdit.  The problem is that keystrokes that occur during flashing can
> replace the character being 'flashed', i.e., selected briefly.
> 
> I have tried the obvious things like disabling key events, etc., without
> any
> joy.
> 
> Nobody has responded to my requests for sample code illustrating how this
> might be done.
> 
> Some widget-level support for this kind of thing would be greatly
> appreciated.  This is the only thing I have found that Tk can handle
better
> than Qt :-)

So the request needs to go to Nokia...

Phil