[plt-scheme] Square braces in MrEd

From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Sun Sep 14 07:36:20 EDT 2008

You can also type control-[ to temporarily override the auto correction.

(The goal with these two corrections is to save you from ever havign
to type () which, at least on american keyboards, are shifted
characters, whereas [] are not.)

Robby

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:31 AM, Dave Gurnell <d.j.gurnell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Forgive the stupid question, but how to enter [ or ] in MrEd then?
>> Everytime I try, it gets replaced by ( and ).
>
> In DrScheme preferences, go to the "Editing" tab and the "Scheme" sub-tab
> and uncheck "Automatically adjust opening square brackets".
>
> On a semi-related note, having "Automatically adjust closing parens" checked
> can be quite useful. This automatically changes closing parentheses so they
> match the next unclosed opening parenthesis on the left of the cursor. For
> example, type "[)" and it'll get corrected to "[]".
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Dave
>
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