Re: Automatic matching parenthesis

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

christopher.morris.cm@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 16 Mrz., 11:24, Andy Stewart <lazycat.mana...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "christopher.morris...@googlemail.com"
>>
>> <christopher.morris...@googlemail.com> writes:
>>> Hi,
>>> added these lines to my .emacs-file, so that parenthesis are
>>> automatically matched:
>>> (setq skeleton-pair t)
>>> (global-set-key (kbd "(") 'skeleton-pair-insert-maybe)
>>> (global-set-key (kbd "{") 'skeleton-pair-insert-maybe)
>>> But it does not work in cc-mode. Any idea?
>> Why not use paredit.el?
>> Athttp://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit
>>
>> It can complete your parenthesis, it won't complete paranthesis when you
>> type in comment.
>>
>> I think paredit.el is very nice for parenthesis completion.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>   -- Andy
> 
> Thanks alot. But I cant figure out, how to enable paredit alway in c-
> mode. I tried:
> (add-hook c-mode-hook (lambda () (paredit-mode +1))). I get an error
> message starting up emacs. Any idea?

emacs --debug-init will show you the error, and then you can show us so
we don't have to guess.

But one thing is apparent: add-hook is a function, so all its arguments
are evaluated, so you need to quote the c-mode-hook symbol:

(add-hook 'c-mode-hook (lambda () (paredit-mode +1)))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA