On May 22, 2013, at 7:07 AM, Laurent wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> The new behavior of automatic parenthesis matching is really nice, but there 
> is one problem with string quotes.
> For example, if the cursor is in the middle of a string and I type the 
> string-quote symbol ", it places a quote which cuts the current string and 
> leaves the right part in a bad syntax.
> 
> Most of the time, when I type a quote inside a string, it's because I want to 
> split the string in two parts. 
> To do that, I have to type string-quote, string-quote, delete (to remove the 
> extra string-quote added by the paren-match behavior), and left to go back 
> between the two strings, which is mildly annoying.
> 
> Would it be possible (unless problematic) to have the default paren-match 
> behavior for strings that splits the string instead of inserting a single 
> string-quote, possibly unless the left symbol is a backslash?

+1. I've developed a reflex to compensate for this, which is double-quote 
double-quote double-quote delete left-arrow… which is a bit painful.

John


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