Re: [External] : Re: Matching parenthesis for long constructs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 16:58:55 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: Pierre Rouleau <prouleau001@gmail.com>,
>  Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> On Friday, May 10th, 2024 at 2:48 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > I assume you've already turned on `show-paren-mode'. In particular,` 
> > blink-matching-paren'. Increase the
> > value of `blink-matching-paren-distance', if you like.
> > ___
> >
> > You really should Ask Emacs, to help yourself.
> 
> This is what the manual says
> 
> "Whenever you type a self-inserting character that is a closing delimiter, 
> Emacs briefly indicates the location of the matching opening delimiter, 
> provided that is on the screen. If it is not on the screen, Emacs displays 
> some of the text near it in the echo area. Either way, you can tell which 
> grouping you are closing off."
> 
> Basically the feature is useful only for short expressions.

No, not only.  Don't stop reading where you stopped, read on.  You
will find there the description of show-paren-mode and the variables
that control how far forward/back Emacs looks for the patching paren,
and what it does when the matching paren in outside of the window.
There are options there that we believe should fit anyone's taste,
just choose what you like best.