Subject: Re: bug#9461: 24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-parent-mode"

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:59:02 +0300

> 1. Create a new buffer: C-x b tmp <RET>
> 2. Turn "show-paren-mode" on: M-x show-paren-mode <RET>
> 3. Write "\(hello\)".
> The resulting buffer appearance is shown in the attached file.
> Why is Emacs trying to match the first "\" with the last ")"?

It highlights with the face `show-paren-mismatch', not `show-paren-match'.