I think defaulting show-paren-mode to "on" is a good change in general,
but it's distracting in some modes. For instance, when presenting data
in a buffer, having point flash around when moving around in the buffer
is not what most people will want.
(Think Gnus buffers, *Help* buffers, etc.)
Some people have been using this mode for years, though, and are fine
with the cursor bopping around when trying to read data, so
force-disabling it in (say) `special-mode' isn't quite the answer,
either.
Does anybody see a way to enable it by default in non-special buffers
only, but not explicitly switching it off in special-mode buffers for
those that want it?
If nil, means no modes have Font Lock mode automatically turned on.
If t, all modes that support Font Lock mode have it automatically turned on.
If a list, it should be a list of ‘major-mode’ symbol names for which Font Lock
mode should be automatically turned on. The sense of the list is negated if it
begins with ‘not’.