> 
> They irritated me too at the beginning. But I thought they 
> can be useful so I tried to get used to. Now, I think I'm 
> more efficient with them.
> 
> When I want to enclose an expression, I first select the 
> expression then write an open parenthesis. This writes the 
> close parenthesis too.
> --
> Damien Cassou

Ditto, I love the auto parens. I much prefer to highlight and wrap
expressions than manually opening, jumping to the end and closing.  It's one
of my favorite editor features.

Ramon Leon
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