    ;; (default 'evil)
    dotspacemacs-folding-method 'evil
 
-   ;; If non-nil `smartparens-strict-mode' will be enabled in programming modes.
+   ;; If non-nil and `dotspacemacs-activate-smartparens-mode' is also non-nil,
+   ;; `smartparens-strict-mode' will be enabled in programming modes.
    ;; (default nil)
    dotspacemacs-smartparens-strict-mode nil
+
+   ;; If non-nil smartparens-mode will be enabled in programming modes.
+   ;; (default t)
+   dotspacemacs-activate-smartparens-mode t
 
    ;; If non-nil pressing the closing parenthesis `)' key in insert mode passes
    ;; over any automatically added closing parenthesis, bracket, quote, etc...

   ;; %n - Narrow if appropriate
   ;; %z - mnemonics of buffer, terminal, and keyboard coding systems
   ;; %Z - like %z, but including the end-of-line format
   ;; (default "%I@%S")
   dotspacemacs-frame-title-format "%I@%S"


  "Library to load while dumping.
This function is called only while dumping Spacemacs configuration. You can
`require' or `load' the libraries of your choice that will be included in the
dump.")

(defun dotspacemacs/user-config ()
  "Configuration for user code:
