Re: Highlighting parentheses when matching parentheses resides outside visible window

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:48:05 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > "Freezing" until what happens? what would cause the highlight to be
> > turned off?
> > 
> > Anyway, if this is what you want, then show-paren-mode is not the
> > solution. show-paren-mode is explicitly programmed to show you the
> > parenthesized/braced construct before/after point, so if you move
> > point, you cannot expect the highlight to remain "frozen".
> 
> Been thinking of a toggle at user request.  Once you get the highlighting
> call a hold-highlighting function.

That's not what show-paren-mode is supposed to do.  There are many
packages out there which highlight parenthesized expressions, I'm sure
you will find one that suits your needs.