[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Relation between current function in symbols list and in status bar (#1685)

[Torpedo]

Let's consider the following example:

```python
import math
class A(object):
    def f(self):
        pass
    def g(self):
        pass
```

>From the symbols list, if I select the `f` method:
1. its name is highlighted in the symbols list
2. its heading is highlighted in the editor
3. but the status bar says that I'm in `A`, while I would have expected `A.f`

While, if, from the symbols list, I select the `A` class:
1. as above
2. as above
3. but the status bar says that I'm in `unknown`, while I would have expected `A`

Let's suppose now that the staus bar returns the right name of the current function.

>From the editor, if I select the `g` method (could be its heading or its body):
1. its name is not highlighted in the symbols list (it's still `f`), while I would have expected it to be
2. the current line is highlighted in the editor
3. the status bar says that I'm in `A.g`

At this point, I think that it would be relatively easy to:
1. take the value returned from the status bar (`A.g`)
2. take the value of the current symbol highlighted in the symbols list (`A.f`)
3. if they are different [*] then highlight the symbol with value equal to one returned from the status bar (`A.g`)

[*] In certain cases the staus bar returns the value `unknown`, for instance if I select, from the editor, the import statement `import math`. So it would be better to rephrase the last point in:

3. if (they are different **and** the value of the staus bar is not unknown) then  highlight the symbol with value equal to one returned from the status bar (`A.g`)

I would really supply a pull request, but unfortunately I don't know C.  

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