I think this issue is described in https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/50216/org-mode-code-block-parentheses-mismatch. There are also some solutions there.
John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 2:10 PM Charles Millar <mill...@verizon.net> wrote: > Set up: > GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 344, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.23, > cairo version 1.16.0) of 2020-12-31 > Org mode version 9.4.6 (release_9.4.6-637-gd70f28 @ > /usr/local/share/org-mode/lisp/) > > The following code will evaluate > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (defun Foo () > (if (= 2 4) bar)) > #+end_src > > #+RESULTS: > : Foo > and the opening and closing parentheses match. > > If a greater than is inserted instead of equals, thus > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (defun Foo () > (if (> 2 4) bar)) > #+end_src > > it apparently evaluates, however, the closing parenthesis immediately > following the "4" is paired with the opening paren before "if" and not > the opening paren immediately before the ">" > > A "less than" results with stranger parenthesis matching - the closing > paren after the "4" matches no others; the closing paren immediately > after "bar" matches the opening paren before "if" > > Charlie Millar > > > >
