Re: Highlighting arbitrary bits of text

Tony Balinski <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:01:59 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.editors.nedit.user
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On 15 Feb 2011, at 03:13, Greg Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I haven't researched this properly, apologies if it's obvious, or  
> obviously
> impossible :=)
>
> I'd like to be able to highlight, in some colour or some background,  
> some
> small pieces of code in a program being edited with Nedit, to server  
> as
> reference and reminder for editing/checking/changing some other  
> similar code
> further down in a file. This seems to be in the domain of highlighting
> syntax, but it's not constant highlighting of a set syntax style. I  
> just
> want to sweep over some bits of code and highlight them somehow, and  
> have
> them stay highlighted until further
>
>
> The red text above is an example of highlighting required. This  
> would be
> temporary, and disappear on command or when saving file.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Rgds,
>
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