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Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no> writes:

> + Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu>:
>
> | Emacs has nice functionality for paren matching. Ie. if I put the
> | cursor outside a paren, it highlights both that paren and the matching
> | paren. However, it does not do the same for angle brackets. This would
> | be very useful, particularly when writing C++ templates. :-)
>
> These might be useful, at least if you use paren-mode:
>
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?< "(>")
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?> ")<")

I am not sure.  C++ syntax is such a mess.  For example, you can write
things like

typedef xxx = wurks::typ<a,sizeof(zap)<<2>4>;

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum