• @matcha_addict@lemy.lol
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    44 months ago

    I love the idea of less-automatic pairs.

    I wish there was a plugin that keeps track of unclosed pairs, but instead of inserting them automatically, it just reminds you of them and their order.

    For some reason, inserting pairs automatically disorients me a bit.

    • xigoiOP
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      14 months ago

      That’s an interesting idea. How exactly would you imagine it to work?

      • @matcha_addict@lemy.lol
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        14 months ago

        There’s a couple of ways I can see it:

        • highlights unclosed pairs
        • closing pairs shown as faded / gray text, kind of like some auto complete systems like copilot in vscode.
        • it could be some key bind you press, and it closes the next unclosed pair

        The following is less preferred but still works: maybe the status line or a pop up shows the order of unclosed pairs.

        • xigoiOP
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          13 months ago

          I think all of those suggestions are feasible. However, what should the plugin do in situations when a delimiter is deliberately left unclosed, such as character literals? I wouldn’t want it to permanently suggest the corresponding closing delimiter.