[olug] VIM Question

mØntar3 m0ntar3 at cox.net
Mon Jan 27 12:12:43 UTC 2003


 "syntax highlighting" maybe, try ":syn on" in vim (or .vimrc), it's mo' 
purty in "gvim" than "vim." both get their "highlighting syntax syntax" 
from the extension on the file you're working on...

Christopher Cashell wrote:

>At Sun, 26 Jan 03, Unidentified Flying Banana CM Miller, said:
>  
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>>When I want to check to see if the brackets on code
>>are complete, I use Shift + %.  When using OLUG shell,
>>it is automatically done for me.  
>>
>>How is this done, under .exrc?  I imagine this is a
>>global variable, correct?  Like the aliases set up for
>>the accounts? 
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not completely positive this is what you're talking about, and
>looking for, but I think you want the option "showmatch".  This will
>cause it to flash to the opening brace/bracket/paren when you type the
>closing one, showing you where it's "matching" brace is.
>
>You can turn it on in the editor by typing ":set showmatch", or you can
>add "set showmatch" to your .vimrc or your .exrc so it will always be
>enabled.
>
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