Re: electric-pair-mode

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Ok, now I've found a mode where it's a problem.  AUCTeX has its own
>> TeX-ified brace pairing feature which for example knows that \left(
>> has to be closed by \right(, \{ by \}, etc.  With
>> `electric-pair-mode' enabled, when typing a { I get two closing
>> braces.
>
> Yes, that is a problem.  AUCTeX's pairing should be made aware of
> electric-pair-mode (including being enabled/disabled by
> calling/setting electric-pair-mode as well).
>
>> Right now, I have "disabled" `electric-pair-mode' for auctex using:
>
>>   ;; AUCTeX brace pairing feature doesn't play nice with `electric-pair-mode'
>>   ;; which is a global minor mode as of emacs 24.4.
>>   (when (and (boundp 'electric-pair-mode)
>>              (boundp 'electric-pair-inhibit-predicate))
>>     (set (make-local-variable 'electric-pair-inhibit-predicate)
>>          (lambda (char) t))))
>
> A simpler way to disable it is to set electric-pair-mode to nil
> (buffer-locally).  No need to check boundp of anything.

Ah, that's indeed much better.

Thanks,
Tassilo