Re: matching parenthesis

[Marc Tfardy <m-t-o___CUT_IT___@web.de>]

Martin Slouf schrieb:
> not exactly what you ask for, but i know this one:
> 
> (show-paren-mode 1)
> ;; define function to match a parenthesis otherwise insert a '~'
> (defun goto-match-paren (arg)
>   "Go to the matching parenthesis if on parenthesis otherwise insert '~'."
>   (interactive "p")
>   (cond ((looking-at "\\s\(") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
>         ((looking-at "\\s\)") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
>         (t (self-insert-command (or arg 1)))))
> (global-set-key (kbd "~") 'goto-match-paren)
> 
> copy to your .emacs and pressing '~' will jump to matching parenthesis instead
> of inserting '~' if and only if your point is on the parenthesis
> 
> this is not mine function, it was stolen from somenone else by me.
> 
> (so i can thank him for it now :)

And I thank too! Very very useful function! It is already in
my .emacs :-)

regards

Marc