Re: smiley.el (was Re: gnus-smiley.el -- new version)

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>]

Wes Hardaker <hardaker@ece.ucdavis.edu> writes:

> Isn't there an elisp function (he says, knowing that there is but just
> too lazy to go read the elisp manual) that checks for a matching
> paren?  You don't want to reinvent the wheel for things like:
> 
> (blah blah blah) :-)
> 
> It already exists, so...  Just use it.

I don't think so.  (Not that I have tested or anything. :-) )
For instance, that smiley there will actually be the closing paren.
The paren after that (the "real" closing paren) won't be recognized as
such.  (Unless somebody has done work in this area already.  Although
I don't really think so.)

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