Variable: show-paren-style

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

Value

parenthesis

Documentation

Style used when showing a matching paren.

Valid styles are parenthesis (meaning show the matching paren), expression (meaning show the entire expression enclosed by the paren) and mixed (meaning show the matching paren if it is visible, and the expression otherwise).

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/paren.el.gz
(defcustom show-paren-style 'parenthesis
  "Style used when showing a matching paren.
Valid styles are `parenthesis' (meaning show the matching paren),
`expression' (meaning show the entire expression enclosed by the paren) and
`mixed' (meaning show the matching paren if it is visible, and the expression
otherwise)."
  :type '(choice (const parenthesis) (const expression) (const mixed)))