Re: Highlighting program variables instead of keywords?

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Date	2014-01-27 11:51 +1100
Subject	Re: Highlighting program variables instead of keywords?
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> The only use I can see for this is to track the usage of a particular name,
> but that would be better done by just highlighting one name at a time.

In SciTE, I can put the cursor on a word and hit Ctrl-F3 to find other
instances of that word. If that's not enough, following it up with
Ctrl-Home, F3 will find the first instance of it, and if the program
follows the Define-Before-Use principle, that'll be the definition.
That's usually enough.

ChrisA

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Re: Highlighting program variables instead of keywords? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-27 11:51 +1100

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