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Asked: 2026-06-17T09:14:43+00:00

Is there a way to change Emacs’ behavior when closing parentheses/bracket? Right now, the

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Is there a way to change Emacs’ behavior when closing parentheses/bracket?

Right now, the cursor will jump to the opening bracket for a few seconds and will jump back after a while or when I start typing. I find this jumping back and forth really annoying.

Is there a way, to either

  • change the color/shape of the cursor when it’s just marking the opening bracket, or
  • prevent the jumping at all, and just change the color of the matching pair?
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try putting

    (show-paren-mode 1)
(setq blink-matching-delay 0.3)

    in your .emacs or .emacs.d/init.el.

    This prevents the jumping and highlights the matching pair.

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