Another straightforward synch from GNU Emacs. 2014-01-27 Michael Sperber <mike(a)xemacs.org&gt; * lisp.el (check-parens): Add, from GNU Emacs. -- Regards, Mike diff --git a/lisp/lisp.el b/lisp/lisp.el --- a/lisp/lisp.el +++ b/lisp/lisp.el ＠＠ -328,6 +328,26 ＠＠ (delete-indentation)) (forward-char 1) (newline-and-indent)) + +(defun check-parens () ; lame name? + "Check for unbalanced parentheses in the current buffer. +More accurately, check the narrowed part of the buffer for unbalanced +expressions (\"sexps\") in general. This is done according to the +current syntax table and will find unbalanced brackets or quotes as +appropriate. (See Info node `(emacs)Parentheses'.) If imbalance is +found, an error is signaled and point is left at the first unbalanced +character." + (interactive) + (condition-case data + ;; Buffer can't have more than (point-max) sexps. + (scan-sexps (point-min) (point-max)) + (scan-error (goto-char (nth 2 data)) + ;; Could print (nth 1 data), which is either + ;; "Containing expression ends prematurely" or + ;; "Unbalanced parentheses", but those may not be so + ;; accurate/helpful, e.g. quotes may actually be + ;; mismatched. + (error "Unmatched bracket or quote"))))  (defun lisp-complete-symbol () "Perform completion on Lisp symbol preceding point. _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches