<div dir="ltr">(actually double-quote, double-quote, backspace is more efficient, but just typing double-quote would be so much simpler, in particular because when I need this, I need it often, e.g. in slideshow)<br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:18 PM, John Clements <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clements@brinckerhoff.org" target="_blank">clements@brinckerhoff.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On May 22, 2013, at 7:07 AM, Laurent wrote:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> The new behavior of automatic parenthesis matching is really nice, but there is one problem with string quotes.<br>
> 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.<br>
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> Most of the time, when I type a quote inside a string, it's because I want to split the string in two parts.<br>
> 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.<br>
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> 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?<br>
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</div></div>+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.<br>
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John<br>
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