> I don't deny that a *lot* of effort went into documenting vim. But that > doesn't mean it can't be improved.
Agreed. > I said as much in my previous message: "highlighting ought to work correctly > without turning full syntax coloring on, which I'm guessing most would not > want on by default" (there was a typo in that phrase -- I typed 'more' when > I meant 'most'). > The more I think about this, the more convinced I am that there is an > obvious bug here: without syntax on, paren highlighting is on but does does > not work correctly in the case I've cited (though % does). The cause is simple: % is implemented in nv_percent function in Vim source and matchparen is a Vim plugin ($VIMRUNTIME/plugin/matchparen.vim) which relies on the names of syntax highlighting groups to skip over string literals etc. -- Sergey Khorev http://sites.google.com/site/khorser Can anybody think of a good tagline I can steal? -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
