inhibit electric-pair-mode conditionally

inhibit electric-pair-mode conditionally

[Mohammed Sadik]

Is there a way to disable electric-pair-mode conditionally?
Say, I have to disable electric-pair on inserting '{', but if the char
before '{' is not space.
Actually, I have even more complicated situation to handle.

It would be enough to connect some function to electric-pair (with
hooks, or so),
such that if the function returns nil, don't do completion, else do.

Is it possible?

Re: inhibit electric-pair-mode conditionally

[Stefan Monnier]

> Is there a way to disable electric-pair-mode conditionally?

How 'bout

    electric-pair-inhibit-predicate is a variable defined in ‘elec-pair.el’.
    Its value is ‘electric-pair-default-inhibit’
    
      This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable.
    
    Documentation:
    Predicate to prevent insertion of a matching pair.
    
    The function is called with a single char (the opening char just inserted).
    If it returns non-nil, then ‘electric-pair-mode’ will not insert a matching
    closer.
    
    You can customize this variable.
    
    This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
    version 24.4 of Emacs.
    
    [back]


-- Stefan

Re: inhibit electric-pair-mode conditionally

[Mohammed Sadik]

On 4/18/16, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> Is there a way to disable electric-pair-mode conditionally?
>
> How 'bout
>
>     electric-pair-inhibit-predicate is a variable defined in
> ‘elec-pair.el’.
>     Its value is ‘electric-pair-default-inhibit’
>
Thanks. Got it working.