Re: Insert character pairs

[Juri Linkov]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> [ Let's make my suggestion more concrete, then. ]
>
>> +(defun insert-parentheses (arg)
>> +(defun insert-double-quotes (arg)
>> +(defun insert-backquotes (arg)
>> +(defun insert-backquote-and-quote (arg)
>> +(defun insert-apostrophes (arg)
>> +(defun insert-square-brackets (arg)
>> +(defun insert-curly-brackets (arg)
>> +(defun insert-angle-brackets (arg)
>
> Using last-command-char or some such would allow you to define just one
> command that does all those things.

This looks like `skeleton-pair-insert-maybe', but perhaps to converge
the functionality of `skeleton-pair-insert-maybe' and `insert-pair'
is not a bad thing.  However, they still have some fundamental
differences like different text units (words vs. expressions)
specified by their arguments.

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Juri Linkov
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