How do I add additional syntax highlighting/coloring to my Text Editor

Question

So I'm using TextWrangler4.5.3 and primarily Python for scripting. When I write Python, I often like to make comments that say something like: # BEGINS foo and then later # ENDS foo I do this so, later editing and understanding is quick and clear. Finally getting to the point: i want to tell TextWrangler to make "# BEGINS" a different coler, say.. green.

Thanks SO much in advance for any insight =P

Answer 1

If you want to use a different color scheme than the factory defaults, go to Preferences->Text Colors. I would suggest creating a new theme, with green comments.

Next, go to Preferences->Languages and create a Custom Language Preference for Python.

Within the 'Display' tab of this language preference window, change the color scheme to the new one created earlier.

I'm not aware of a way to make some comments, such as """ vs ''' vs #, differ in color (it's probably a global "anything that is a comment will have the same theme" for TextWrangler).

Is this what you are trying to do?