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Add some multi-character pairs to some major modes.

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Message #14 received at 79047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 79047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 John Muhl <jm <at> pub.pink>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#79047: Add some multi-character pairs to some major modes.
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:39:03 -0600

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

>> > From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
>> > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:04:12 -0600
>
>> > Since `electric-pair-mode` now supports multi-character pairs, it would
>> > be better if some major modes add some of these pairs.
>
>> > Before making the patch for this (and to avoid doing another regression
>> > like bug#77823), here is a list of the modes and their possible pairs:
>
>> >  - c-like modes
>> >      "/*" "*/"
>
> Elijah, I'm speaking here from the point of view of CC Mode.
>
> What exactly do you mean by "adding" these multi-character pairs?  What
> would the user see that she doesn't already see?

These pairs are meant to be used in for auto-close block comments, after
the user types "/*", the corresponding "*/" will be inserted, packages
such as smartparens provide this behavior to most C-like modes.

> Or are you talking about doing something we already do, but in a
> different way?

I don't know if CC Mode have something similar.

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