In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Griffith, Shaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Apologies if this is old hat... > > It seems that a lot of the responses missed the point. > > ---snip--- > > Changing the indent style is looking at the horizontal alignment of the > braces. The real issue is the *vertical* alignment of the braces. > > Even a "brace flasher" editor doesn't help, because the opening brace is > highlighted, which is not usually a problem. >
Mm, the bracematching i get in emacs in fact flashes in a noticable different color if I close the wrong kind of brace. so i would notice both while typing the } and while typing the ), whatever indenting style I use. (Once the code is already there, i'd be just as confused though.) No doubt vi has or can provide a simular functionality.
