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27.2; electric-pair-mode is inconvenient in comint

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Message #11 received at 50236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 50236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50236: 27.2; electric-pair-mode is inconvenient in comint
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:37:27 +0200

Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The following quick fix works for me:
>
>     (defun electric-pair-skip-in-field (char)
>       (save-restriction
>         (narrow-to-region (field-beginning) (field-end))
>         (electric-pair-default-skip-self char)))
>
>     (add-hook 'comint-mode-hook (lambda () (setq-local electric-pair-skip-self
>                                                        'electric-pair-skip-in-field)))
>
> Perhaps `electric-pair-default-skip-self' should always narrow to the
> current field?

That would make sense in this case...  I'm trying to think of instances
where it wouldn't make sense, and I can't think of any.

So perhaps we should make this change in general?

Anybody have any opinions here?

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