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Regexp paren pairs in query-replace-regexp prompt should be highlighted

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Message #43 received at 50766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>, 50766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50766: Regexp paren pairs in query-replace-regexp prompt
 should be highlighted
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 10:26:32 +0200

>> With 'blink-matching-paren' on do C-M-% and type [)].  People who use
>> 'blink-matching-paren' do not type complex regexps.
>
> We do indeed -- we just live with the bogus warnings from Emacs.

So a fix for both has to hook into post-self-insert and after-change.
Which means I have to prime these before-change to avoid parsing the
buffer twice.  Darn it!

martin

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