--- a/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerPython.py	Sun Nov 13 19:14:57 2011 +0100
+++ b/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerPython.py	Sun Nov 13 19:56:47 2011 +0100
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
                 Preferences.getEditor("PythonStringsOverNewLineAllowed"))
         except AttributeError:
             pass
+        try:
+            self.setHighlightSubidentifiers(
+                Preferences.getEditor("PythonHighlightSubidentifier"))
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
         
     def getIndentationDifference(self, line, editor):
         """