[plt-scheme] Paren Paralysis Sufferers Unite

Funny, how such feeling is not expressed for auto indenting. IMHO,  
both auto indenting and auto insert of paren pairs are requirements of  
a "good" scheme editing mode.

On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Jay McCarthy wrote:

> Ditto... I've never gotten used to it. I'm a heathen, I know.
>
> Jay
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Jordan Johnson  
> <jmj at fellowhuman.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Jaime Vargas <jev at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 29, 2009, at 2:02 PM, John Clements wrote:
>>>
>>>> By default, typing a left paren inserts a single left paren into  
>>>> the
>>>> buffer.  With the remapping I use, typing left-paren inserts a  
>>>> matching pair
>>>> of parens, wrapped around the current selection, with the cursor  
>>>> just to the
>>>> right of the left-paren.  Are you suggesting that *everyone*  
>>>> should use this
>>>> remapping?
>>>
>>> Yes. That is the default behavior in other editors for lispy  
>>> languages,
>>> emacs lisp mode and textmate come to mind.
>>>
>>
>> Just so somebody's on record for the other side: that behavior  
>> annoys the
>> heck out of me, and I would *not* want it as the default.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jordan
>>
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