python syntax highlighting with idlelib Percolator

Hello everyone,

I'm writing a text editor in PyCharm using various youtube and other resources. I have added serveral features including python syntax highlighting. I'm using Percolator in idlelib and it is working well. Even though I'm writing and debugging in PyCharm, I'm using idle to set the colors for my editor project. It is working fine.''

My question: Is there a a way to shut down Percolator? Once run on a .py file, it stays running and will highlight various keywords in plain .txt files.

There are methods in the Class called close, delete, removefilter, etc. but these methods either do nothing or throw an exception.

Thanks in advance,

Terry