Mercurial > emacs
changeset 29480:3f09d2029838
(Inserting Pairs): Add the missing `skeleton-' prefix to vars and funs.
| author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
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| date | Wed, 07 Jun 2000 08:08:15 +0000 |
| parents | ddab013149af |
| children | b36d76033c9d |
| files | man/autotype.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/autotype.texi Wed Jun 07 02:27:00 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/autotype.texi Wed Jun 07 08:08:15 2000 +0000 @@ -289,37 +289,38 @@ typing some of the stranger programming language symbols makes you bend your fingers backwards, this can be quite relieving too. -@findex pair-insert-maybe -@vindex pair +@findex skeleton-pair-insert-maybe +@vindex skeleton-pair This is done by binding the first key (@pxref{(emacs)Rebinding}) of the -pair to @code{pair-insert-maybe} instead of @code{self-insert-command}. -The maybe comes from the fact that this at first surprising behaviour is -initially turned off. To enable it, you must set @code{pair} to some +pair to @code{skeleton-pair-insert-maybe} instead of @code{self-insert-command}. +The ``maybe'' comes from the fact that this at first surprising behaviour is +initially turned off. To enable it, you must set @code{skeleton-pair} to some non-@code{nil} value. And even then, a positive argument (@pxref{(emacs)Arguments}) will make this key behave like a self inserting key (@pxref{(emacs)Inserting Text}). -@findex pair-on-word +@vindex skeleton-pair-on-word While this breaks with the stated intention of always balancing pairs, it turns out that one often doesn't want pairing to occur, when the following character is part of a word. If you want pairing to occur even then, set -@code{pair-on-word} to some non-@code{nil} value. +@code{skeleton-pair-on-word} to some non-@code{nil} value. -@vindex pair-alist +@vindex skeleton-pair-alist Pairing is possible for all visible characters. By default the parenthesis `(', the square bracket `[', the brace `@{', the pointed bracket `<' and the backquote ``' will all pair to the symmetrical character. All other characters will pair themselves. This behaviour can be modified by the -variable @code{pair-alist}. This is in fact an alist of skeletons +variable @code{skeleton-pair-alist}. This is in fact an alist of skeletons (@pxref{Skeleton Language}), with the first part of each sublist matching the typed character. This is the position of the interactor, but since pairs don't need the @code{str} element, this is ignored. - Some modes have bound the command @code{pair-insert-maybe} to relevant keys. -These modes also configure the pairs as appropriate. For example, when typing -english prose, you'd expect the backquote (`) to pair to the quote (') while -in Shell script mode it must pair to itself. They can also inhibit pairing -in certain contexts. For example an escaped character will stand for itself. + Some modes have bound the command @code{skeleton-pair-insert-maybe} to +relevant keys. These modes also configure the pairs as appropriate. +For example, when typing english prose, you'd expect the backquote (`) +to pair to the quote (') while in Shell script mode it must pair to +itself. They can also inhibit pairing in certain contexts. For example +an escaped character will stand for itself.