Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map

[Andreas Schwab]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

>> > This is is not a good idea.  `insert-parentheses' and
>> > `move-past-close-and-reindent' should be bound only for programming
>> > modes for which they actually make sense.  
>> 
>> Inserting pairs of parentheses makes sense pretty much everywhere.
>
> Of course inserting parentheses can make sense in many contexts. These 
> bindings
> do not, however. It's about the bindings, not about inserting parens: you can
> insert parentheses without these bindings.

But they won't be automatically balanced.  This is exactly what the
bindings are about, and why they are useful everywhere.

Andreas.

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