From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: place cursor automatically
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:32:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <84isovf8no.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bhq48t$90d$1@news.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
Uwe Mayer <merkosh@hadiko.de> writes:
> When I use Emacs in a Programming Mode that uses "{" and "}" to enclose
> blocks I'd like it to complete the closing brace automatically, or at least
> jump into the Block when I enter the closing brace, so I want to reduce:
>
> "{" <ret> "}" <up> <end> <ret> <tab>
>
> to
>
> "{" <ret> "}"
>
> How do you do that, or where do you start off? Can that behaviour be
> configured or will I habe to go into lisp?
For parentheses you can type M-(.
There are various packages that do something similar for other
parentheses-like characters. I think the "Autotype" manual that
comes with Emacs (C-h i d m Autotype RET) explains this.
--
Two cafe au lait please, but without milk.
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2003-08-18 8:57 place cursor automatically Uwe Mayer
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