[racket] Parens/string quotes automatic behavior
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