From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: show-paren-when-point-inside-paren
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:10:36 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <N50E7GC--3-2@tutanota.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ilovmwj1.fsf@gnu.org>
Jun 20, 2022, 10:58 by eliz@gnu.org:
>> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:29:52 +0200 (CEST)
>> From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>>
>> Have been trying out
>>
>> (setq show-paren-when-point-inside-paren t)
>>
>> This only works when cursor is just inside the opening parens. Is this how it is supposed to work?
>>
>
> Yes.
>
>> The name itself has tendency for confusion.
>>
>
> You are supposed to read the doc string, not just the name. Names
> cannot be too long, because it becomes inconvenient. And the doc
> string explicitly answers your question.
>
Could this simply be included as a style for `show-paren-style`? Showing the parens
wherever point you are in paren would also be useful.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-20 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-20 3:29 show-paren-when-point-inside-paren carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-20 10:58 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-20 13:10 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-06-20 13:36 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-20 14:20 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-20 13:36 ` show-paren-when-point-inside-paren Rudolf Schlatte
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