Re: Automatic matching parenthesis

[Kevin Rodgers]

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