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Hello I am trying to make a python code editor that highlights keywords, operators and strings. The problem of course is with the quotes as Python supports single, double and triple quotes for strings. Ex: x = 'some text' x = "some text" x = '''some text''' Also i can't find a way to go back and mod...

Thanks.
That makes sense.
I will try. Hopefully will resolve the issue too.

Is there a difference in performance or just for clarity ?

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I just tested the same script on Mac and it works fine.
Why doesn't work the same on my PC ?

Hello Craig,

yes i would like to show them as I type.

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