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This section describes the mechanism by which SXEmacs shows a matching open parenthesis when the user inserts a close parenthesis.
The value of this variable should be a function (of no arguments) to
be called whenever a character with close parenthesis syntax is inserted.
The value of blink-paren-function
may be nil
, in which
case nothing is done.
Please note: This variable was named
blink-paren-hook
in older Emacs versions, but since it is not called with the standard convention for hooks, it was renamed toblink-paren-function
in version 19.
If this variable is nil
, then blink-matching-open
does
nothing.
This variable specifies the maximum distance to scan for a matching parenthesis before giving up.
This variable specifies the number of seconds for the cursor to remain at the matching parenthesis. A fraction of a second often gives good results, but the default is 1, which works on all systems.
This function is the default value of blink-paren-function
. It
assumes that point follows a character with close parenthesis syntax and
moves the cursor momentarily to the matching opening character. If that
character is not already on the screen, it displays the character’s
context in the echo area.
To avoid long delays, this function does not search farther than
blink-matching-paren-distance
characters.
Here is an example of calling this function explicitly.
(defun interactive-blink-matching-open () "Indicate momentarily the start of sexp before point." (interactive)
(let ((blink-matching-paren-distance (buffer-size)) (blink-matching-paren t)) (blink-matching-open)))
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