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).
next prev parent 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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