Hmm... I guess the user keeps track on what she sees on the screen. Such a
stack of inserted backets must be discoverable/visible somehow. That's why I
think simple context recognition (i.e. the character next du the text
cursor) should be enough and quite discoverable/usable.

We could do it like this: If there is a non-letter-non-digit or nothing
after the cursor, insert the closing char, too. If you type that closing
char yourself, overwrite it--one after another. If you remove an opening
char, remove the closing one, too, if it follows directly. Typing the
opening char on a selection of text encloses that selection.

Such chars could be () [] {} "" ''

Eclipse seems to do it roughly this way...except for the selection trick.
But I like that. :)

@Bert: If you want to type another ) at "bar|))))" then you would miss an
opening brace. ;) If not, you would have to append it after the last ) --
like it is in OCompletion right now.

Best,
Marcel



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