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29.0.60; Confusing behavior of show-paren-mode

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Message #50 received at 61098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rahguzar <at> zohomail.eu, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 61098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61098: 29.0.60; Confusing behavior of show-paren-mode
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 21:06:33 +0200

On 05/02/2023 20:29, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 19:21:29 +0200
>> Cc:rahguzar <at> zohomail.eu,61098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Dmitry Gutov<dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
>>
>> Some testing revealed a certain issue, which until now was not really a
>> problem:
>>
>> The first time I 'M-x show-paren-local-mode' with show-paren-mode
>> enabled globally, it_turns off_  the mode locally.
> That's exactly what I asked about in
> 
>    https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=61098#8
> 
>> Which kind of makes sense for a lot of cases, but not when the
>> user's intention is to forcibly enable it.
> In a buffer where the mode is turned off, either effectively by virtue
> of the predicate, or explicitly via the local value of the variable,
> "M-x show-paren-local-mode" should turn the mode ON, not OFF.

All right.

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