Question

How does one make M-( the default behavior for typing an opening ‘(‘ character? I want Emacs to automatically insert the closing ‘)’ after the cursor when I type a ‘(‘ character regardless of whether it’s part of an M-key combination. Additionaly, I want to extend this behavior to quotes, subquotes, brackets and braces. Typing M-( is a pain, and there don’t appear to be any comparable forms for those other characters.

Answer 1

I don’t write much elisp myself, but this is something I cribbed off somebody. The code goes into your .emacs.

(setq skeleton-pair t) (setq skeleton-pair-on-word t) ; apply skeleton trick even in front of a word.                                                (global-set-key '[' 'skeleton-pair-insert-maybe) (global-set-key '{' 'skeleton-pair-insert-maybe) (global-set-key '(' 'skeleton-pair-insert-maybe) (global-set-key '\'' 'skeleton-pair-insert-maybe)