Feature request: `{` auto closing

What is the problem?

It would be nice if the { is a js file was $ in an md file in the screenshot below:

How can I reproduce it?

Enter $ in an md file.

Is there any error message in the console?

[yzhang-gh]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I also have some custom snippets (with keybindings). For your case, it can be

{
    "key": "ctrl+whatever",
    "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
    "args": {
        "snippet": "\\begin{aligned}\n$TM_SELECTED_TEXT$1\\end{aligned}"
    },
    "when": "editorTextFocus && editorLangId == markdown"
},

However, as a Markdown extension, I guess this might be too special a feature. Let’s see whether there are other people also want this.

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<> is provided by the official extension. I’m not sure whether we can override it.

See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/3a12b7ac2efd2f1f01a646ef5272313ad50bf618/extensions/markdown-basics/language-configuration.json#L28-L34

[upupming]

Keeping the plugin simple is a better idea, let me simply close this issue, for the <> auto closing problem, it is not very inconvenient when typing, but the implementation is too difficult. For math shortcuts, LaTeX-workshop is too complex, too. I will consider using my own key bindings.