match paren in console (-nw) mode

match paren in console (-nw) mode

[reader]

Setting up emacs on a new install of gentoo linux.

The OS is intended to run in console mode and so has no X related
stuff installed.  Emacs-22 is intalled.

I want to see the matching parens when cursor is behind or in front of
a paren.  Currently that only happens on insertion of a paren.

Is it something I can set so that I'll see the matching paren
highligted whenever my curor is just behind or in front of a paren?

M-x apropos <RET> paren <RET> shows a number of related items, 
The first of them:
   blink-matching-paren
is set `t' and so I see the match on insertion.

None of the other items appear to be about matching/highlighting an
existing paren.

Re: match paren in console (-nw) mode

[Martin Bealby]

reader@newsguy.com writes:

> Is it something I can set so that I'll see the matching paren
> highligted whenever my curor is just behind or in front of a paren?
>
> M-x apropos <RET> paren <RET> shows a number of related items, 
> The first of them:
>    blink-matching-paren
> is set `t' and so I see the match on insertion.
>
> None of the other items appear to be about matching/highlighting an
> existing paren.

From a quick test by running my emacs from a console the following short
snippet appears to work:

(show-paren-mode t)

Hope this helps,
Martin

Re: match paren in console (-nw) mode

[reader]

Martin Bealby <mbealby@gmail.com> writes:

>> None of the other items appear to be about matching/highlighting an
>> existing paren.
>
> From a quick test by running my emacs from a console the following short
> snippet appears to work:
>
> (show-paren-mode t)

Yikes,,, something I read while checking into this made me think that
only worked where X was running.... WRONG.

Thanks... that works fine