[Newbies] Is there a preference setting to block automatic parentheses?

[David T. Lewis]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 02:02:07PM -0800, Kirk Fraser wrote:
> The automatic supply of the right parenthesis when a left parenthesis is
> typed appears to cost me more time in deleting the extra than it saves in
> the more rare events when I can use the feature.  How can I safely stop it
> for all the p, brackets, and curly braces?  Thanks.
> 

Yes, there is a preference. Look in category "Morphic" and disable the
"Auto Enclose" preference.

Some people like this preference a lot. Others think it is horrible.

Dave