GNU bug report logs - #3889
23.1.50; [PATCH] Increase blink-matching-paren-distance

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ian Eure <ian <at> digg.com>

Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:55:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Ian Eure <ian <at> digg.com>, 3889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3889: 23.1.50; [PATCH] Increase blink-matching-paren-distance
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:39:10 +0200

> A user came into #emacs today complaining that his paren matching was
> not working with a large file, and that font-locking broke as a result.
>
> I found that this is controlled by blink-matching-paren-distance, which
> was increased to 25kb around 1997.

How can `blink-matching-paren-distance' affect font-locking?  If I
understand correctly all `blink-matching-open' can do is slow down
typing.

martin
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