RE: Matching Parentheses

[Drew Adams]

> I am trying to match parenthesis, however the highlighting is difficult to
> see. Any idea on how to make the matching look very pronounced.
> 
> I have been using the following code
> 
> (show-paren-mode 1)
> (setq show-paren-delay 0)
> 
> (require 'paren)
> (set-face-background 'show-paren-match (face-background 'default))
> (set-face-foreground 'show-paren-match "#def")
> (set-face-attribute 'show-paren-match nil :weight 'extra-bold)

Use `M-x customize-face show-paren-match'.

And you can use the same command on the other
show-paren faces:

 show-paren-match-expression
 show-paren-match-face
 show-paren-mismatch

In the Customize UI you can easily see the
result of your changes, before saving them.