Re: paren-close-dwim: elisp function of a newbie; feedback welcome

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Davis Herring <herring@lanl.gov> writes:

>>> (defun paren-close-dwim ()
>>>   "Insert closing parenthesis from syntax table.
>>> Use a normal parenthesis if not inside any."
>>>   (interactive "*")
>>>   (insert (or (ignore-errors
>>>                 (save-excursion (backward-up-list)
>>>                                 (cdr (syntax-after (point)))))
>>>               ?\))))
>> 
>> I'm a total illiterate in elisp but the narrative so far sounds like a
>> this code might do something really useful.
>> 
>> Can someone describe briefly how this would work, maybe with a small
>> example, when repairing my own perl code?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean about "repairing ... code".  This command
> simply inserts ')', ']', or '}' (and perhaps '>' or so) to match the
> most recent unclosed ([{<.

It was actually a reference to something Florian said in OP:

Florian wrote:
>> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  For me this is much handier
>> than using paren-mode or auto-pair etc, especially when modifying
>> existing code."

In my mind that registered as `repairing code'.

> (If it is "really useful", know that it's not my idea; you just quoted
> my reimplementation of Florian's code.)

Thanks, yes, sorry... I actually meant to be replying to Florian's OP.