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@@ -34126,12 +34126,20 @@ When any of the three closing characters
or
.code }
is inserted, the listener scans backward for the matching opening
-character. If the matching character is found, the cursor jumps to that
+character. Likewise, if any of the three opening characters
+.codn ( ,
+.codn [
+or
+.code {
+is inserted in the middle of text, the listener scans forward for the matching
+closing character.
+
+If the matching character is found, the cursor jumps to that
character and then returns to the original position a brief moment later. If a
new character is typed during the brief time delay, the delay is immediately
canceled, so as not to hinder rapid typing.
-Note that the backward matching is unsophisticated; it doesn't observe the
+Note that the matching is unsophisticated; it doesn't observe the
lexical conventions and syntax of the \*(TL programming language. For
instance, a closing parenthesis outside a string literal may match
match an opening one inside a string literal.