Subject: bug#51032: 29.0.50; Choices for blink-matching-paren

From: Arash Esbati <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:18:35 +0200

Hi all,

`blink-matching-paren' is defined as:

(defcustom blink-matching-paren t
  "Non-nil means show matching open-paren when close-paren is inserted.
If t, highlight the paren.  If `jump', briefly move cursor to its
position.  If `jump-offscreen', move cursor there even if the
position is off screen.  With any other non-nil value, the
off-screen position of the opening paren will be shown in the
echo area."
  :type '(choice
          (const :tag "Disable" nil)
          (const :tag "Highlight" t)
          (const :tag "Move cursor" jump)
          (const :tag "Move cursor, even if off screen" jump-offscreen))
  :group 'paren-blinking)

Is there a specific reason why users cannot choose this feature

    With any other non-nil value, the off-screen position of the opening
    paren will be shown in the echo area.

via customize interface?  Currently, one has to do

   (setq blink-matching-paren 'show)

in the init file to get that behavior.  Or am I missing something?

Best, Arash