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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proposed extension of show-paren-mode: Highlight parens when point	is in L or R margin.
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:25:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141012092527.GB3148@acm.acm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d29x1xbm.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>

Hello, David.

On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 10:55:41AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

> > Hi, Eli.

> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 05:21:24PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> >> > So: If point is in the LH margin of the code, highlight the first paren
> >> > on the line and its match, or failing that, the last paren on the line
> >> > with its match.

> >> Thanks, but PLEASE don't call this a "margin".

> > OK, not "margin".  But what, then?

> "wrappings" ?  "envelope"? "perimeter"?

No.  "Periphery" is surely the right word.  Thanks for the prompt!

> > Hmm.  Or, perhaps we could just admit this, and allow "margin" to be
> > used loosely whenever appropriate.  ;-).

> Either way, you'll need to explain more thoroughly in the following
> paragraph.

I think I've done this.  Watch out for my reply to Stefan, where I'll've
incorporated the change into my patch.

> -- 
> David Kastrup

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).



  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-12  9:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-11 13:43 Proposed extension of show-paren-mode: Highlight parens when point is in L or R margin Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-11 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-12  8:39   ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-12  8:55     ` David Kastrup
2014-10-12  9:25       ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2014-10-12  9:01     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-12 10:18       ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-12  4:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-12 10:04   ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-14 17:49     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-14 18:32       ` John Yates
2014-10-15  9:12       ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-15 22:38         ` Andy Moreton
2014-10-16  2:43         ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-16  9:53           ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-16 12:59             ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-16 13:31               ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-16 14:37                 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-16 15:46                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-16 17:40                     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-16 21:26                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-10-17  0:14                         ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-14 21:50 ` João Távora

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