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How do I change, in my .spacemacs, the style used to highlight the matching parenthesis?

Drew
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Dionysis
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  • just install rainbow-delimeters and be happy. – A_P Feb 15 '19 at 17:15
  • I’m already using rainbow delimiters. I just need the highlight of the matching parenthesis the cursor is currently on. Thanks though :) – Dionysis Feb 15 '19 at 18:04

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You can see a list with all the colors set by emacs with M-xlist-faces-display RET.

There you can search for the faces corresponding to parenthesis matching: show-paren-match in this case. If you click on it to customize it, test it or even save it. If you choose to save, this setting will be saved to your custom-file (C-hvcustom-fileRET - for more info).

If you want to directly set the face in your .spacemacs you could use custom-set-faces

(custom-set-faces
 '(show-paren-match ((t (:foreground "white" :background "red")))))

or use your theme name with custom-theme-set-faces:

(custom-theme-set-faces
 'your-theme-name-here ;; e.g. 'spacemacs-dark
 '(show-paren-match ((t (:foreground "white" :background "red")))))

or by using the theming layer

(setq theming-modifications 
'((your-theme-name ;; e.g. spacemacs-dark
       (default :foreground "white" :background "red"))))

or by using set-face-attribute

(set-face-attribute 'show-paren-match nil :foreground "white" :background "red")
caisah
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  • That should be the right answer but I tried it and it doesn't have any effect.. Something must be overriding it after my setting it in `.spacemacs`. Do you know of a way to troubleshoot? – Dionysis Feb 13 '19 at 18:04
  • I have added some more info to the response. – caisah Feb 13 '19 at 19:34
  • Thank you. This is great info! Unfortunately it's still not working. I have no idea what is going on. There must be something taking over so will have to try it after I remove other parts of my configuration. I will accept your answer anyway as this is all someone needs to know to make it work under normal circumstances. – Dionysis Feb 13 '19 at 20:14
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Would leave comment but don't have the reputation yet. For me it was Highlight-Parentheses minor mode. I use spacemacs so its likely what was bothering you too.

skyfire
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  • This is exactly what I was looking for. It highlights too many pairs of parens. Thanks for the answer! – xji Jun 16 '20 at 19:54