Hi This is a "don't shoot the pianist" (cf. cite below) sort of idea I have had while trying to rationalize my .emacs.d: If insert-pair-alist was buffer-local, we could have different auto-pairs for different modes: e.g. //,**, etc. in org-mode Am I too wrong in this? Best, /PA -- Fragen sind nicht da um beantwortet zu werden, Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden Georg Kreisler