Comments on: Emacs Again (9): some tips and not to be purist. http://blog.nydd.org/2009/10/emacs-again-9-some-tips-and-not-to-be-purist/ Art, Hack and Rock'n Roll Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:58:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: stephanie http://blog.nydd.org/2009/10/emacs-again-9-some-tips-and-not-to-be-purist/comment-page-1/#comment-283 stephanie Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:58:10 +0000 http://blog.nydd.org/?p=296#comment-283 aha, it was in my .emacs file: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.html#Matching-parentheses ;; By an unknown contributor (global-set-key "%" 'match-paren) (defun match-paren (arg) "Go to the matching paren if on a paren; otherwise insert %." (interactive "p") (cond ((looking-at "\\s\(") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1)) ((looking-at "\\s\)") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1)) (t (self-insert-command (or arg 1))))) maybe i'll come to your next meetup! i def want to learn more! aha, it was in my .emacs file:

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.html#Matching-parentheses

;; By an unknown contributor

(global-set-key “%” ‘match-paren)

(defun match-paren (arg)
“Go to the matching paren if on a paren; otherwise insert %.”
(interactive “p”)
(cond ((looking-at “\\s\(”) (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
((looking-at “\\s\)”) (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
(t (self-insert-command (or arg 1)))))

maybe i’ll come to your next meetup! i def want to learn more!

]]> By: beatak http://blog.nydd.org/2009/10/emacs-again-9-some-tips-and-not-to-be-purist/comment-page-1/#comment-282 beatak Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:33:10 +0000 http://blog.nydd.org/?p=296#comment-282 Shift-5 (% sign) sounds like vi's key stroke to find a matched brace. It doesn't work on my Emacs instance… Maybe you have setup something in .emacs.el? We should do .emacs.el show-and-tell! That actually might be a good idea for the next event of my meetup. Come and join us! http://www.meetup.com/fluxny/ Shift-5 (% sign) sounds like vi’s key stroke to find a matched brace. It doesn’t work on my Emacs instance… Maybe you have setup something in .emacs.el? We should do .emacs.el show-and-tell! That actually might be a good idea for the next event of my meetup. Come and join us!

http://www.meetup.com/fluxny/

]]> By: stephanie http://blog.nydd.org/2009/10/emacs-again-9-some-tips-and-not-to-be-purist/comment-page-1/#comment-281 stephanie Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:07:05 +0000 http://blog.nydd.org/?p=296#comment-281 Put the cursor on top of the brace. And then press: shift-5 (the % sign). It will take you to the matching brace. Put the cursor on top of the brace. And then press: shift-5 (the % sign). It will take you to the matching brace.

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