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Re: show-paren-when-point-inside-paren
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: show-paren-when-point-inside-paren |
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Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:58:26 +0300 |
> 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>
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> Have been trying out
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> (setq show-paren-when-point-inside-paren t)
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> 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.