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Hi Phil,</div>
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I have these two methods in a QsciLexerCustom:</div>
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<span> <i>def blockStart(self, style=0):<br>
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<i><span> return data.QByteArray(1, "}")</span></i></div>
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But on pressing <i><b>Enter </b></i>inside the editor always throws: <b><i>TypeError: invalid result from MyLexer.blockStart()</i></b></div>
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I also tried <i><b>return bytes("{", encoding="utf-8")</b></i> and <i><b>return "{"</b></i>, but those also throw the same error.</div>
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This is on PyQt5.11.3 / QScintilla2.10.8.<br>
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Am I missing something?</div>
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Thanks,<br>
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Matic<br>
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