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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 51032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
Subject: bug#51032: 29.0.50; Choices for blink-matching-paren
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:49:04 +0300

> From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:17:01 +0200
> Cc: 51032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>,
>  mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
> 
> > "Non-nil means show matching open-paren when it is on screen."
> 
> The second sentence reads:
> 
>     If nil, don’t show it (but the open-paren can still be shown
>     in the echo area when it is off screen).
> 
> My reading is this variable gives you more control in terms of: Don't
> highlight the open-paren if on-screen (either jump or highlight), but do
> if off-screen, i.e., show the position in the echo area.  But I think it
> breaks for this combination:
> 
>     (setq blink-matching-paren 'jump-offscreen)
>     (setq blink-matching-paren-on-screen nil)
> 
> which does nothing.

Right.  It should jump off-screen in that case.

I think the effect of that option was never updated when we changed
how blink-matching-paren works in Emacs 24.
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