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diff --git a/doc/emacs/programs.texi b/doc/emacs/programs.texi index 4a59f4307ed..042a197f9b7 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/programs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/programs.texi @@ -843,12 +843,17 @@ or the last, non-whitespace position on the line. @cindex inserting matching parentheses @findex electric-pair-mode Electric Pair mode, a global minor mode, provides a way to easily -insert matching delimiters. Whenever you insert an opening delimiter, -the matching closing delimiter is automatically inserted as well, -leaving point between the two. Conversely, when you insert a closing -delimiter over an existing one, no inserting takes places and that -position is simply skipped over. These variables control additional -features of Electric Pair mode: +insert matching delimiters: parentheses, braces, brackets, etc. +Whenever you insert an opening delimiter, the matching closing +delimiter is automatically inserted as well, leaving point between the +two. Conversely, when you insert a closing delimiter over an existing +one, no insertion takes places, and that position is simply skipped +over. If the region is active (@pxref{Mark}), insertion of a +delimiter operates on the region: the characters in the region are +enclosed in a pair of matching delimiters, leaving point after the +delimiter you typed. + +These variables control additional features of Electric Pair mode: @itemize @bullet @item |