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perl-mode: maybe have the parentheses of s{a}{b} also blink

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 20566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: Re: bug#20566: perl-mode: maybe have the parentheses of s{a}{b}
 also blink
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:53:57 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> I think I am saying that when one types in
> if(1),
> even here in a non-perl mode as I type this email message,
> emacs makes the ( and ) very bright, indeed as long as I don't move the
> cursor more.
>
> So I'm saying that something just the same should be done
> on s/a/b/ s{a}{b}
> where all three /'s or all four brackets light up.

I don't think that sounds very useful -- the blinking stuff is supposed
to match the matching brace, not wider language constructs.  So I'm
closing this bug report.

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