Variable: show-paren-highlight-openparen

show-paren-highlight-openparen is a customizable variable defined in paren.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

Non-nil turns on openparen highlighting when matching forward.

When nil, and point stands just before an open paren, the paren is not highlighted, the cursor being regarded as adequate to mark its position.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/paren.el.gz
(defcustom show-paren-highlight-openparen t
  "Non-nil turns on openparen highlighting when matching forward.
When nil, and point stands just before an open paren, the paren
is not highlighted, the cursor being regarded as adequate to mark
its position."
  :type 'boolean)