I'm using smartparens-global-strict-modeand having issues quoting variables. How do I get something like 'varname? My current strategy, which seems ridiculous, is to do:
'|' (sp inserts both pairs)
'varname' (write the varname)
at this point, I do M-x smartparens-strict-mode, which toggles it off, delete the right ', then do M-x smartparens-strict-mode again to turn it back on. But there's got to be a better way, right? Am I missing something simple?
Specific answer: The default configuration for smartparens should cover this, but perhaps you aren't loading the default config. Make sure that
(require 'smartparens-config)
is in your .emacs.d instead of just (require 'smartparens).
More generally, to see the delimiters that smartparens is currently tracking, inspect variable sp-pair-list. You can use the functions sp-pair and sp-local-pair to configure it. For example to globally disable autoinsertion of closing single quotes you can write:
(sp-pair "'" "'" :actions nil)
Or to disable for specific modes:
(sp-local-pair '(emacs-lisp-mode) "'" "'" :actions nil)
What major mode are you using? In emacs-lisp-mode, Smartparens does not automatically close single quotes.
To insert a single character, use C-q, quoted-insert, followed by the character. E.g. C-q ' to insert a single quote.
emacs-lisp-mode. I guess something else in my init file is causing that, then... The C-q tip works. Thanks for that.
Eval (sp-pair "'" "'" :actions :rem) to disable any cleverness with the apostrophe. This removes the entry for ' from sp-pairs. You can get the right arguments to pass into sp-pair by evaling (sp-get-pair "'").
