• Check Balance expands the selection to cover the nearest pair of matched bracketing characters in either direction from the selection point.
• To select a nested expression: 1. Select anywhere within the expression by clicking. 2. Choose Check Balance. 3. Repeat to expand the selection to the pair of enclosing parentheses, brackets, or braces.
• Each time you choose Check Balance, Publicon expands the selection in both directions until it finds pairs of matching parentheses, brackets, or braces. Repeating the command expands the selection one level at a time.
• You can use the Check Balance command to check the structure of mathematical expressions. If you have unbalanced delimiters, Publicon beeps. (Choose Help Why the Beep? to identify the mistake.) If you position the insertion point (blinking vertical bar) inside a bracketed expression and choose Check Balance, Publicon should select the whole expression. If not, you have a missing bracket somewhere.
Why the Beep?
