Re: skeleton-pair-insert-maybe parenthesis in cc-mode

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

[Please don't top-post.]

stuart.tett@gmail.com wrote:
> ( runs the command c-electric-paren
>    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `cc-cmds.el'.
> It is bound to ), (.
> When I am in a cc-mode file it returns:
> 
> (c-electric-paren arg)
> 
> Insert a parenthesis.
> 
> If `c-syntactic-indentation' and `c-electric-flag' are both non-nil,
> the
> line is reindented unless a numeric arg is supplied, or the
> parenthesis
> is inserted inside a literal.
> 
> Whitespace between a function name and the parenthesis may get added
> or
> removed; see the variable `c-cleanup-list'.
> 
> Also, if `c-electric-flag' and `c-auto-newline' are both non-nil, some
> newline cleanups are done if appropriate; see the variable `c-cleanup-
> list'.
> 
> In the *scratch* buffer it returns:
> 
> ( runs the command skeleton-pair-insert-maybe
>    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `skeleton.el'.
> It is bound to {, [, <, (, ', ".
> (skeleton-pair-insert-maybe arg)
> 
> Insert the character you type arg times.
> 
> With no arg, if `skeleton-pair' is non-nil, pairing can occur.  If the
> region
> is visible the pair is wrapped around it depending on `skeleton-
> autowrap'.
> Else, if `skeleton-pair-on-word' is non-nil or we are not before or
> inside a
> word, and if `skeleton-pair-filter-function' returns nil, pairing is
> performed.
> Pairing is also prohibited if we are right after a quoting character
> such as backslash.
> 
> If a match is found in `skeleton-pair-alist', that is inserted, else
> the defaults are used.  These are (), [], {}, <> and `' for the
> symmetrical ones, and the same character twice for the others.

Isn't it obvious:

(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook
	  (lambda ()
	    (local-set-key "(" 'skeleton-pair-insert-maybe)))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA