Re: Show Paren mode: New prelude style

[Alain Schneble]

Alain Schneble <address@hidden> writes:

> Below you will find a patch to extend show-paren-mode with a new
> `prelude' style.  It's an extension of `parenthesis' style.  If the
> matching opening paren is not visible, it will show the line of text
> containing it as an overlay on the window's start line.  I think it's
> pretty useful, as it helps in keeping context when working e.g. in
> defuns with many lines of code -- all without having to scroll up and
> down.

It just came to my mind that I might better had introduced a new
separate customizable option to enable or disable prelude instead of
mixing it with the already existing style.  After all, it could be
useful in *addition* to the existing ones.  What do you think?

Alain