Bracket or brace matching and completion

When the cursor reaches an opening or closing brace { }, square bracket [ ] or parentheses ( ), Padre automatically highlight the pair of the braces.

    ()    # Brackets
    []    # Square Brackets
    {}    # Braces
    ''    # Single-Quoted String Literals
    ""    # Double-Quoted String Literals

brace implies (Brackets, Square Brackets & Braces)

Perl -> Find Unmatched Brace (brace)

Initial observations,

works in current editor, does not require the file to be saved :)
highlights the last unmatched ;-(
I think it must be counting charter types, with little reference to Perl syntax ;-(

This file passes, this is rubbish ;-((

#!/usr/bin/perl
# based on 03_Good_Morning.pl
# This file assumes that you already read (and understood) earlier sessions!

use strict; # This will be discussed later
use warnings;
### line 7 added [
my [( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst ) = localtime( time() );

if ( $hour < 10 ) { print "Good morning!\n"; }

elsif {( $hour == 12 ) { print "Out for lunch...\n"; }} ### added {}
elsif ( $hour <= 18 ) { print "Hello world!\n"; }]  ### line 13 added ]
elsif (( $hour < 23 )  { print "Good night.\n"; })  ### added ()

else { print "sleep well!\n;" }

run against Padre r14200

Opps should have run the Syntax Checker first, or should I

the editor appears to highlight matching braces in luminous green :)

Edit-> Brace Matching (//brace//) Ctrl+1

moves the cursor for you
If the cursor is outside a //brace//, it matches to the outside of it's pair. either forward or backwards :)
If the cursor is inside a //brace//, it matches to the inside of it's pair. either forward or backwards :)

Q, why is this on the menu and not just a keyboard shortcut!

Edit -> Select To Brace Matching (//brace//) Ctrl+4

Cool :)
Inside outside matching //braces// as above, and highlights selection for you :)
you still need to explicitly copy to place selection on clipboard
X11 copy don't work

NB the above actions also work with "line 7 added [" & "line 13 added ]" hence we are treating //brace// behind a # comment as active ;-((

Perl -> Find Unmatched Brace (//brace//)

Checkes for a lone single //brace//
appears to work, but in following code in stead of highlighting **}**#odd brace not found, highlights my **[**( $sec on the preceding line.

#!/usr/bin/perl
# based on 03_Good_Morning.pl
# This file assumes that you already read (and understood) earlier sessions!

use strict; # This will be discussed later
use warnings;
### line 7 added [
my [( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst ) = localtime( time() );
} #odd brace not found
if ( $hour < 10 ) { print "Good morning!\n"; }

elsif {( $hour == 12 ) { print "Out for lunch...\n"; }} ### added {}
elsif ( $hour <= 18 ) { print "Hello world!\n"; }]  ### line 13 added ]
elsif (( $hour < 23 )  { print "Good night.\n"; })  ### added ()

else { print "sleep well!\n;" }

Q are we are using more than one algorithm to do //brace//

Tools -> Preferences -> Behaviour

the image below shows a composite of the pertinent information.

Auto-complete Brackets

When checked, if you type an opening //brace// or String Literal, you get the closing inserted immediately after for you.

Add another closing bracket

appears to be superfluous

TO DO

make this optional, let the user set the colour