Re: paren-close-dwim: elisp function of a newbie; feedback welcome

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:51:11 +0200 Andreas Röhler <address@hidden> wrote: 

AR> Am 26.09.2013 22:44, schrieb Florian:
>> 
>> If you are writing a nested expression, like the following, and '_' is
>> your cursor,
>> 
>> { (a * [(b) - (c) _
>> 
>> and you have bound ')' to paren-close-dwim (dwim = do what I mean),
>> three succeeding presses of ')' will produce the sequence: ])}. Or in
>> other words: ')' will produce the correct next matching closing
>> bracket regarding the position of your cursor.

AR> Really great. So we may have an electric-close, where C-j does all 
remaining before reaching the next line.

This is a great idea (both `paren-close-dwim' and the electric version
of it).  IMHO `paren-close-dwim' should go into Emacs, not an external
package, and have first-class key bindings.  It's really helpful.

Ted