Got the heads-up for this from Michael Pyne. The newest version of Gnome, 2.10, will include among its many features; the editor will be able to highlight the current line, highlight matching braces, and single-click preference in the file manager will also affect the archive manager.
Seriously, at this blazing pace Gnome should catch up to Windows around 2075 (assuming Windows does nothing) and maybe it will catch up to KDE sometime around 2120 (assuming again, no action on KDE’s part.) How is it that such a desktop is even considered in the same league as something like OSX, Windows, or KDE?
BTW I am typing this in a web browser text field within KDE, with auto spell-checking. Wonder how long it will take them to implement this.