GNU bug report logs - #51032
29.0.50; Choices for blink-matching-paren

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 12:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #58 received at 51032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
Subject: Re: bug#51032: 29.0.50; Choices for blink-matching-paren
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:20:06 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  mardani29 <at> yahoo.es,  51032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 11:02:23 +0200
>> 
>> I think the values in the value menu are Ok, the only misleading part of
>> docstring was
>> 
>>     With any other non-nil value, the off-screen position of the opening
>>     paren will be shown in the echo area.
>
> It is IMO wrong to have that text there, because 'jump-offscreen'
> doesn't do that, and 'jump' does it only of the open-paren is
> off-screen.

Agreed.

> Please take a look at the changes I just installed: are they OK?

LGTM.  Thanks for the clarification.

Best, Arash
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