From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: show-paren-when-point-inside-paren
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:58:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ilovmwj1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <N4z9CX7--3-2@tutanota.com> (message from carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor on Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:29:52 +0200 (CEST))
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:29:52 +0200 (CEST)
> From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> Have been trying out
>
> (setq show-paren-when-point-inside-paren t)
>
> This only works when cursor is just inside the opening parens. Is this how it is supposed to work?
Yes.
> The name itself has tendency for confusion.
You are supposed to read the doc string, not just the name. Names
cannot be too long, because it becomes inconvenient. And the doc
string explicitly answers your question.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-20 10:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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 ` 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 Rudolf Schlatte
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