auto-pairing quotation marks and brackets

[George1825]

For ( or “，is there a function to automaticly to the flowings( which I used to use in Spyder IDE): 1.When typing ( or “ ，auto typing the pairs ( ) and put the caret in the middle。 2.When select some content and typing (, auto add pairs ( ) to the selected contents rather than replace it. Is there already some features like this？ Thanks！

[Alexey-T]

Yes, Cud has such an option. Option is called with word “bracket” AFAIR. Open the “default config” and search in it.

[George1825]

Yes, Cud has such an option. Option is called with word “bracket” AFAIR. Open the “default config” and search in it.

Get it！For " or ', can we do same thing?

[Alexey-T]

yes, option supports quote chars too. default.json tells:

Auto-pair some chars on typing.
Value must have some of supported chars without spaces:
  ( [ { < ' " ` ~ * #
(Don't forget that JSON file needs "-char in escaped form.)

[George1825]

yes, option supports quote chars too. default.json tells:

Auto-pair some chars on typing.
Value must have some of supported chars without spaces:
  ( [ { < ' " ` ~ * #
(Don't forget that JSON file needs "-char in escaped form.)

Sorry, I didn't really get how to use escape character in json. That's also what I met when try to add quotation marks in extension selection plugin. I've tried several ways, but didn't work: //(Don't forget that JSON file needs "-char in escaped form.) Original: "auto_close_brackets": "([{", Option 1: "auto_close_brackets": "([{/'/"", Option 2: "auto_close_brackets": "([{-'-"", Option 2: "auto_close_brackets": "([{"'""",

[Alexey-T]

Char \ must be used as escape char.

"auto_close_brackets": "([{'\"",

"-char needs to be escaped. '-char not.

[George1825]

Char \ must be used as escape char.

"auto_close_brackets": "([{'\"",

"-char needs to be escaped. '-char not.

Thanks，now for brakets and ‘，it works. For “， it still doesn't work. Could you please try it again？

[Alexey-T]

For “， it still doesn't work.

The " char is different than “. For me it works for " char if I have

  "auto_close_brackets": "([{'\"",

and if I type "-char in the new line (no nearest word chars).

[George1825]

Maybe I figure it out. I already set the "auto_close_brackets": "([{'\"", in user.json and it works now. Maybe default.json is overwriten by user.json.

[Alexey-T]

You should NOT write value to default.json. https://wiki.freepascal.org/CudaText#Configs

[George1825]

Get it, many thanks!