Re: parenthesis matching in lisp mode

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Phillip Garland <pgarland@u.washington.edu> writes:

> When in a lisp mode buffer do 
> 
> M-x show-paren-mode
> 
> or add this in your .emacs file to have this done automatically:
> 
> (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook (lambda () (show-paren-mode)))

Nonsense.  You could enter the above just as
(add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook 'show-paren-mode)
but it would be equally wrong: it _toggles_ show-paren-mode every
time the lisp mode hook gets executed.

So please rather write
(add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook (lambda() (show-paren-mode 1)))

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum