From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: show-paren-when-point-inside-paren
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:20:28 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <N50U6oD--3-2@tutanota.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83zgi7lanh.fsf@gnu.org>
Jun 20, 2022, 13:36 by eliz@gnu.org:
>> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:10:36 +0200 (CEST)
>> From: carlmarcos@tutanota.com
>> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>>
>> Could this simply be included as a style for `show-paren-style`? Showing the parens
>> wherever point you are in paren would also be useful.
>>
>
> No, because this isn't a style, it's orthogonal to the style.
>
> Style says _how_ to highlight, whereas this variable says _when_ to
> highlight.
>
Which means that one can have `(setq 'show-paren-style 'parenthesis)` and
`(setq 'show-paren-when-point-inside-paren t)` working concurrently.
The following are just some thoughts.
Emacs can do without variable `show-paren-when-point-inside-paren`. Because `(setq 'show-paren-style 'parenthesis)` highlights parentheses depending on the position of point. This holds also for
`(setq 'show-paren-style 'expression)` and `(setq 'show-paren-style 'mixed)` (the latter requiring matching parenthesis to be outside the window pane).
Have also noticed that with `(setq 'show-paren-style 'parenthesis)` and `(setq 'show-paren-style 'mixed)`, the style overrides the `show-paren-when-point-inside-paren` setting.
An enhancement to `(setq 'show-paren-style 'expression)` can also be made such that the sexp at the current point can be highlighted. Thus, if cursor is between two sexp's inside a structure (e.g. an `if` condition) the entire structure can be highlighted.
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2022-06-20 3:29 show-paren-when-point-inside-paren carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-20 10:58 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-20 13:10 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-20 13:36 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-20 14:20 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-06-20 13:36 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren Rudolf Schlatte
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