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diff --git a/man/programs.texi b/man/programs.texi index ffd08d17f5c..51dbd9c51a3 100644 --- a/man/programs.texi +++ b/man/programs.texi @@ -1186,17 +1186,24 @@ displayed. This is to prevent scanning for the matching delimiter from wasting lots of time when there is no match. The default is 12,000. @cindex Show Paren mode +@cindex highlighting matching parentheses @findex show-paren-mode - When using X Windows, you can request a more powerful alternative kind -of automatic parenthesis matching by enabling Show Paren mode. This -mode turns off the usual kind of matching parenthesis display and -instead uses highlighting to show what matches. Whenever point is after -a close parenthesis, the close parenthesis and its matching open -parenthesis are both highlighted; otherwise, if point is before an open -parenthesis, the matching close parenthesis is highlighted. (There is -no need to highlight the open parenthesis after point because the cursor -appears on top of that character.) Use the command @kbd{M-x -show-paren-mode} to enable or disable this mode. + You can also request a more powerful alternative kind of automatic +parenthesis matching by enabling Show Paren mode. This mode turns off +the usual kind of matching parenthesis display and instead uses +highlighting to show what matches. Whenever point is after a close +parenthesis, the close parenthesis and its matching open parenthesis are +both highlighted; otherwise, if point is before an open parenthesis, the +matching close parenthesis is highlighted. (There is no need to +highlight the open parenthesis after point because the cursor appears on +top of that character.) Use the command @kbd{M-x show-paren-mode} to +enable or disable this mode. + + By default, @code{show-paren-mode} uses colors to highlight the +parentheses. However, if your display doesn't support colors, you can +customize the faces @code{show-paren-match-face} and +@code{show-paren-mismatch-face} to use other attributes, such as bold or +underline. @xref{Face Customization}. @node Comments @section Manipulating Comments |