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27.1 Feature request: Show parens when point is anywhere inside of them

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: José Júnior <jjnilton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55202: 27.1 Feature request: Show parens when point is
 anywhere inside of them
Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 10:43:01 +0200

José Júnior <jjnilton <at> gmail.com> writes:

> How can I set emacs to show parens when the point is anywhere inside of them?
>
> For example, with the point in the character "i": (po|int)
>
> Coming from other editors, I expect that the parens are highlighted,
> but in emacs they're only highlighted the point is on paren or
> immediately after it, even with the variable "Show Paren When Point
> Inside Paren" set to "on".

That variable doc says "If non-nil, show parens when point is just
inside one.", so when point is right by the paren.

Anyway, I think it would make sense to add what you're requesting -- but
I'm not sure it would be efficient, or that it's well-defined.  For
instance, if you're in text-mode and the text is

  {(foo|bar})

what should it be blinking?

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