strange NEdit error message

[Howard E. Bond]

Hi all,

On Jan 8, I submitted the following problem for discussion:

> 
> I am running NEdit on a Solaris unix machine.  NEdit has suddently starting
> issuing the following error message:
> 
> unix> nedit junk.txt
> Could not read value of resource nedit.showMatching
> NEdit: No default pattern set in highlight pattern:
> CSS:Default
> <==
> NEdit: language mode name required in language mode specification:
> C:.c .h::::::".,/\`'!|@#%^&*()-=+{}[]"":;<>?~":<==
> 
> I haven't noticed any actual effect on the performance of NEdit, but it's
> disconcerting to have such a message start appearing, even though I have no idea
> what it means.  Any suggestions?
> 
> thx,
> Howard

I got some helpful responses from this discussion list, but today I noticed that
a number of useful NEdit features are not working correctly any longer. For
example,

- Balanced parentheses ( ) and brackets { } are no longer highlighted in red
when the cursor is placed on one of them.

- Continuation symbols in col 6 of fortran code are no longer indicated in a red
font.

Are there any ideas what is going on??

thx,
Howard