[TxMt] Ruby highlightPairs

[Allan Odgaard]

On 21. Jan 2007, at 12:52, frank waldheim wrote:

> hi there,
> sorry if this question was asked before, but i am new to the list
> and did not found something like that in the archive.
>
> i would love to have highlightPairs for ruby in such a way that:
>
> {	highlightPairs = (
> 		( 'def', 'end' ),
> 		( 'def', 'return' ),
> 		( 'class', 'end' ),
> 		( 'begin', 'end' ),
> 		( 'if', 'end' ),
> 		( 'if', 'else' ),
> 		( 'else', 'end' ),
> 	);
> }
>
> would render a result. but as the documentation states the
> mechanism of highlightPairs is restricted to 'characters'.
> now obviously we do not have (use) braces and such for blocks
> in ruby.
> my question is: how can i implement a mechanism which tells
> me my current scope.

I am not entirely sure how you want to be told about your current  
scope, and how you define it.

Would indent not provide a visual cue as to which level which lines  
belong to?